The story was no doubt based on earlier real-life examples of "Ransomware" like this one: http://www.infoworld.com/t/malware/ransomware-returns-if-you-ever-want

The story was no doubt based on earlier real-life examples of "Ransomware" like this one: http://www.infoworld.com/t/malware/ransomware-returns-if-you-ever-want-see-your-data-again-449 http://www.infoworld.com/t/malware/ransomware-returns-if-you...