The Ransomeware Superhero of Normal, Illinois

By day cancer survivor Michael Gillespie — an unassuming man who lives in Normal, Illinois, along with eight cats and his wife — works at a little computer repair shop called Nerds on Call. By night he’s a ransomeware-busting superhero to scores of people whose computers have been taken over by bad guys trying to exploit their precious documents, data, and photos for money.

Source: ProPublica
Published: Oct 28, 2019
Length: 17 minutes (4,431 words)
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