A day after a Navi Mumbai hospital and hotel became targets of a ransomware attack Attack.Ransom , cyber fraudsters encrypted data belonging to a Dadar-based chartered accountant and demanded money Attack.Ransom to remove the block on the data on Monday . While the incident Attack.Ransom took place on Monday , the complainant , realised that his data has been blocked on Tuesday . “ A case of ransomware was reported , following which , an FIR has been registered at the Bhoiwada police station , ” said Deputy Commissioner of Police ( Zone 4 ) N Ambika . While the FIR was lodged on Thursday , no arrest has been made in the case yet . Police said the incident Attack.Ransom took place on Monday at the complainant ’ s office near Framroz court in Dadar . Around 2.15 pm , a message flashed on the complainant ’ s computer screen saying , “ You have to pay Attack.Ransom for decryption in bitcoins . The price depends on how fast you write to us . After payment , we will send you the decryption key , which will decrypt all your files. ” The message also had an email address , on which he was to write to the fraudsters . Around 7 pm , when the complainant tried to use a computer for some work , he could not access the data . When he tried other computers , he faced the same problem . He also found that some data and software had been deleted . Suspecting that a computer virus may be behind this , he copied the other files still available from the computer . The complainant then left for the day and asked an employee from the information technology department to look into the matter . The employee later told him that the data had not been deleted but encrypted by fraudsters . On Sunday , the MGM hospital in Navi Mumbai was attacked Attack.Ransom by a ransomware . Its data was locked out and the fraudsters demanded payment Attack.Ransom in bitcoins .

The boss of a company held to ransom Attack.Ransom by computer hackers is warning others not to fall victim . Two years ago Stuart Kettell ’ s company Kettell Video Productions was targeted by hackers who encrypted all his files and demanded money Attack.Ransom to decrypt them . Stuart Kettell may be best known for his light hearted charity fund raising challenges but this cyber attack was no joke . The hackers infiltrated computer systems at the Warwick based company . They made it impossible for staff to see any of the company data and demanded Attack.Ransom £1,000 in online currency bitcoins to put matters right .