Smooth criminals
In the wake of WannaCry, Róisín Kiberd examines the rise of ransomware
Ransomware is a child of the 1980s, but only just. Its first documented appearance dates back to 1989, in the form of a floppy disk fixed to a magazine calledPC Business World, posing as a free gift. When inserted, the disk triggered a series of actions which modified the ...
