Delhi based business man who could not access 500 GB of his company’s data, personal pictures and videos stored on his laptop till he makes a payment of $500 to an unidentified hacker.

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Prateek Sachdeva took his laptop to technicians who failed to decrypt the file which was hacked and now, the cyber crooks are demanding money to unlock the data. He was surfing the internet when suddenly some files got downloaded on his laptop. Since then all his files have been encrypted and he could not access it. He can use his computers but cannot see the files. As he click on any file it opens a decrypt browser, which further asks for money. Hacker who has taken complete control over the system, is demanding $500 to release his data. If don’t pay the amount they will double the amount. Sachdeva is going to format his computer rather than paying the money to cyber criminals and encourage them. He tells that even after paying the money they can again attack him.