Computer virus wiping data in blackmail scam

Title

Computer virus wiping data in blackmail scam

Genre

Interview

TX Date

13 Dec 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:07

Description

Detective Sergeant Barry Donovan talks about a computer virus that is wiping out data, it has been sent to various organisations by criminals attempting to blackmail them by then offering a cure for cash. Describes who has been affected and the amount of data lost, concerns for hospitals and a bank which has been affected, where the threat has come from in the UK, the investigation and the sort of person that could be behind the scam. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Barry Donovan

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