Well, hi there! How's it going? Wonderful to see you, y'know. Fill your mug with some perky Arabica and snag a no-fat virtual treat while I tell you about a guy who...well, remember the expression "The lights are on but there's nobody home"? Let's go visit his home, shall we?
A computer virus called "Ransomware" has
been freezing computers since 2012, the FBI acknowledged, making much work for
tech support, but likely never causing the victim to be arrested until Jay
Matthew Riley, 21, of Woodbridge, Va., came along.
The virus tricks people into
thinking the FBI has discovered that they had inadvertently viewed child
pornography and locks their computer, but since the viewing was probably
accidental, "allows" them to avoid arrest by paying a $300 fine to
unfreeze the computer.
Riley apparently did have child porn (inadvertently
gathered or not) on his computer and, frightened by the virus, gratuitously
inquired at a local police station whether there were warrants for his arrest.
No, they said, but in the course of conversation, he consented to a search and
was arrested.
Talk about looking for trouble, eh! Makes you wonder...
See ya, eh!
Bob
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