[realhackhistory@home]# · 3w Detroit Free Press - Jun 20th, 1975 I'm fascinated by the idea of #ransomware before ransomware, data extortion that impacted availability or confidentiality of data before the advent of malicious so... [realhackhistory@home]# @[realhackhistory@home]# 1784184878 From “Computer Capers: Tales of Electronic Thievery, Embezzlement, and Fraud” by Thomas Whiteside, published in 1978. 1