PC Magazine: The Growing Threat of Ransomware

Ransomware can hit anyone, but hackers are increasingly going after targets that are more willing to pay up.

By Brian Heater
April 13, 2016

It's been a strange few years for the Alina Simone. In 2011, she released her fourth full-length record to critical acclaim, followed by a book of essays and a debut novel, all while maintaining a journalism career and raising a young daughter. But it's likely a 2015 opinion piece for The New York Times that garnered the most recognition for the Brooklyn-based artist. "My gravestone will say, 'her mom got hacked,'" she says with a laugh.

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