I wouldn't laugh. This stuff hasn't just been hitting big businesses and government, its also been hitting ordinary people and charities too. If you get it you are well and truly screwed, as there is virtually no way of decrypting the data without paying a bunch of money in ransom, and it is becoming more and more common. It's becoming a serious problem due to how successful it is, and how little effort it takes.
Plus it can hit virtually any operating system version, and type, and antivirus often isn't effective in stopping it.
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