Ransomware article

TheRegister is running an article about someone breaking into a dbase,
taking control of the encryption key, and 6 or so months later
demanding ransom from the owner of the dbase.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/03/web_ransomware_scum_now_lay_waste_to_your_backups/

Anyone want to comment on this?  In general, or PostgreSQL in
particular?

Gord