Man hands over laptop, charged with child pornography after believing “FBI Warning” computer virus
Everyone knows the old adage, “even a broken clock is right twice a day,” well apparently even computer viruses can be helpful once a decade! 21-year-old Jay Matthew Riley of Woodbridge, Virginia has been charged with multiple counts of possession of child pornography and solicitation of a minor after bringing his laptop in to a Prince William police station and asking officers if he had warrants on file for child pornography because he received an “FBI Warning” telling him he needed to pay a fine or a criminal investigation would begin. The warning was a computer virus (or malware) commonly referred to as “ransomware.”
