| Naples. “On Monday morning I found the warehouse management software files encrypted and inaccessible. Someone broke into my server, which operates on a local network. In the afternoon I received an email from a Swiss address, with an extension located in Zurich, asking me to pay 0,66 bitcoins, the equivalent of 5000 euros. The email also indicated the address of a site where I could buy the bitcoins. Obviously they chose this method so as not to make the payment traceable. But I will not give in to their blackmail, I will file a complaint today”. Gianfranco Lieto is the owner of a well-known bookstore in Fuorigrotta and, due to a computer scam, is forced to work without the software that manages the stock. In practice, it is as if he had gone back to the XNUMXs. “Fortunately, the extortion attempt occurred in June when there was no school book sales to manage. If it had happened in September,” he adds, “it would have been much more serious”. Faced with the attempted scam, Lieto contacted the regional councilor of the Greens Francesco Emilio Borrelli. “Online scams,” Borrelli and the host of “La Radiazza” on Radio Marte Gianni Simioli say, “are now a real problem for entrepreneurs. Almost all companies use servers and local networks to manage their activities. This exposes them to attempted scams like those suffered by Gianfranco Lieto. This phenomenon can potentially translate into a series of extortions to the detriment of businesses. The utmost determination is needed by law enforcement against online crime, which is expected to be one of the main criminal phenomena of the coming years.” |
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