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Police hold 11 over ransomware scam 'affecting thousands'

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    A complex cybercrime network spreading ransomware designed to extort money has been shut down, police have said.

    Spanish authorities, working with the European Union's law enforcement agency, Europol, arrested 11 people, from Russia, Georgia and Ukraine.

    Software planted on targeted machines accused the user of having viewed illegal content, such as images showing child sex abuse, Europol said.

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