It allows users to secretly encrypt a computer's data which is only released on payments of a ransom.BBC News.

它允许用户秘密加密只有在支付赎金后才会发布的计算机数据。BBC 新闻。

Recent years had seen a boom in the use of ransomware, which scrambles victims' computer data until a payment is made.

近年来，勒索软件的使用激增，勒索软件会扰乱受害者的计算机数据，直到付款为止。

Wasaga Beach had been hit with the ransomware attack, a type of computer virus that locks up computer data behind a wall of encryption.

Wasaga Beach 遭到了勒索软件攻击，这是一种将计算机数据锁定在加密墙后面的计算机病毒。