Since 2005 the Department of Justice has received nearly 8,000 complaints of hijacked computer systems totaling more than $57 million in ransom and other related costs, the department said in a response to questions from chairman and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.The Justice Department said in a March 4 letter to Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), the ranking member on the committee, that in the past 11 year its Internet Crime Complaint Center has had…
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