Wexford man has PC ruined after cyber-criminals hack in demanding €800 ransom

Cybercriminals remotely encrypted a Wexford man’s computer and demanded €800 from him in order to have it unlocked.

The case has been made public by internet security firm ESET Ireland which received details from one of its partner companies in Wexford to which the man had gone seeking help.

The victim was checking emails and surfing the internet when he received a message on his computer screen telling him all his files had been attacked.