For as long as Mac computers have been available, the proud users of Apple products have always thought that they were safe from viruses and other online security threats. Being virus safe was one of the big reasons to consider using a Mac system in the first place. In some cases, users viewed that as justification for the price difference between Apple and PC or Android products. However, things change and up until recently, Ransomware was not an issue. Well, it is now a very real threat to Mac users.
Although it is not as popular as it is within the Windows-based community…and there are not quite as many Ransomware variants that can infect Mac machines, they are out there. This means that if Mac Ransomware is already available, expect the threat to grow.
By the way, it was in 2014 when the first Ransomware code was discovered that was being developed for Mac OSX. However, that code was never completed and it was subsequently abandoned. Some claim that the code had been accidentally leaked, and apparently that was why it was abandoned. Who knows?
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