In September, the Chinese government and its central bank the People's Bank of China (PBoC) cracked down on cryptocurrency trading,
requesting leading bitcoin exchanges such as OKCoin, Huobi, and BTCC to shut down temporarily and halt their services.
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Once a user has been infected, they're then redirected to a page hosting the malware exploit kits, which ultimately
lead to your files being held ransom in
exchange for a payment — often
requested via
bitcoin due to its relative anonymity.
Bitfinex, one of the
leading bitcoin exchanges, is allowing new registrations after denying
requests for weeks.