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<blockquote data-quote="monkeylove" data-source="post: 1108068" data-attributes="member: 19756"><p>They obtain your information stored by big companies and government agencies. They can also modify legitimate websites that you visit or legitimate software that you download so that they can steal more info from you plus encrypt your data and then demand payment to decrypt them. The decryption or restores from backup doesn't reverse the theft.</p><p></p><p>Finally, they don't have to be hackers. For example, one small study discovered that for laptops sent to shops for repair, for at least half of them technicians copied the personal data to their own drives.</p><p></p><p>Many of those victimized were women.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monkeylove, post: 1108068, member: 19756"] They obtain your information stored by big companies and government agencies. They can also modify legitimate websites that you visit or legitimate software that you download so that they can steal more info from you plus encrypt your data and then demand payment to decrypt them. The decryption or restores from backup doesn't reverse the theft. Finally, they don't have to be hackers. For example, one small study discovered that for laptops sent to shops for repair, for at least half of them technicians copied the personal data to their own drives. Many of those victimized were women. [/QUOTE]
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