San Francisco sheriff known for 'sanctuary city' defense loses re-election bid

Finally some good news. Hope it becomes a trend.

San Francisco sheriff loses election bid in landslide

Lost reelection? I'm surprised he wasn't fired!

This guy has quite a history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Mirkarimi

Of course Wikipedia omitted Mirkarimi was the one who released Sanchez which ultimately led to the death of Kate Steinle and I suspect the major reason he lost. 

I wonder what it feels like to deliberately release Sanchez , even after federal immigration officials told him not to, and then find out he killed Kate Steinle.

I bet he didn't even give a damn. 

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The San Francisco sheriff who over the summer became embroiled in a national debate over "sanctuary city" policies on Tuesday lost his bid for re-election amid a host of local controversies. 

Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, 54, was defeated by Vicki Hennessy, a former sheriff's official who had the endorsement of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and the sheriff deputies association. As of early Wednesday morning, Hennessy had received 62 percent of the vote to just 31 percent for Mirkarimi. 

Mirkarimi was the subject of national criticism after Mexican illegal immigrant Francisco Sanchez allegedly shot and killed 32-year-old Kate Steinle on San Francisco's waterfront July 1. Sanchez had been released from Mirkarimi's jail in March even though federal immigration officials had requested he be detained for possible deportation. 

But since then, the sheriff's oversight of the department has been plagued by other high-profile mishaps and controversies seen as contributing to his defeat. He had his driver's license briefly suspended for failing to properly report a minor accident while driving a department-issued car, and he also flunked a marksmanship test. 

Before those two incidents, a drug gang leader escaped from jail, and guards were accused of staging and gambling on inmate fights. 

In November 2014, Mirkarimi also was forced to apologize for the bungled search for a San Francisco General Hospital patient whose body was found in a stairwell weeks after she wandered from her room. The sheriff is in charge of the hospital's security, but deputies didn't search the building until nine days after her disappearance. The city paid the patient's family $3 million to settle a lawsuit. 

But Mirkarimi is now known nationally for his strident defense of sanctuary city policies, taking the practice to a new level under his leadership. 

San Francisco declared itself a sanctuary city in 1989, passing an ordinance that bans city officials from enforcing immigration laws or asking about immigration status unless required by law or court order. A follow-up ordinance in 2013 allows detention only under a court order targeting violent felons. Last month, San Francisco's board of supervisors unanimously approved a resolution to maintain the city's sanctuary status. 

San Francisco and other cities and counties have routinely ignored requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to keep people in custody. The jurisdictions say they can't hold arrestees beyond their scheduled release dates without probable cause. 

Hennessy has previously said the sheriff's order barring the San Francisco jail from cooperating with immigration officials is misguided. There are cases, she said, when federal immigration officials should be notified that the jail is about to release an inmate who is in the country illegally. 

San Francisco sheriff known for 'sanctuary city' defense loses re-election bid

Muslim truck drivers refuse to deliver beer, win $240,000 lawsuit

Christian photographers have had to close up shop, Christian bakers have been slapped with hefty fines, a county clerk was thrown in jail, and the list goes on and on and on when it comes to how Christians have been treated when they refused to involve their businesses in any way with what could be considered support of same-sex marriage, a violation of their religious beliefs. 

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http://earloftaint.com

It’s interesting, then, to see how an Illinois jury ruled when it came to a case involving two Muslim truck drivers who were fired from their jobs in 2009 for refusing to make beer deliveries because of their religious beliefs. 

An Illinois jury awarded $240,000 in damages and back pay to two former truck drivers who claimed religious discrimination when they were fired in 2009 after refusing to make beer deliveries.

A jury was convened to determine damages after US District Court Judge James E. Shadid ruled in favor of Mahad Abass Mohamed and Abdkiarim Hassan Bulshale when Star Transport admitted liability in March. The men, both of whom are Somali-American Muslims, were represented by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC). 

Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employers must make accommodations for workers' religious beliefs unless doing so would impose "undue hardship" on the business. 

As UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh explained to The Washington Post, the trucking companyadmitted that drivers often switched their assignments, meaning it would have been reasonable to accommodate the men's request, rather than firing them. 

"EEOC is proud to support the rights of workers to equal treatment in the workplace without having to sacrifice their religious beliefs or practices," EEOC General Counsel David Lopez announced Thursday. "This is fundamental to the American principles of religious freedom and tolerance."

EEOC Supervisory Trial Attorney Diane Smason’s remarks were equally enthusiastic. 

“We are pleased that the jury recognized that these - and all - employees are entitled to observe and practice their faith, no matter what that might be,” she said. 

Just as long as they don’t involve gay marriage and are held by Christians, right?

Muslim truck drivers refuse to deliver beer, win $240,000 lawsuit

'World's Most Expensive Gas Station' Cost Taxpayers $43M

American taxpayers are on the hook for a $43 million gas station constructed in Afghanistan -- a price tag that’s about $42.5 million higher than it should’ve been, and the Department of Defense can’t explain why, according to a new government report.

“The DOD charged the American taxpayer $43 million for what is likely the world’s most expensive gas station,” Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko said, ahead of the release of the SIGAR report today. “DOD spent $43 million on the gas station, without determining it would be a good idea, and now claims it knows nothing about the project.”

The SIGAR report details the planning and construction of a compressed natural gas (CNG) station in the Afghan city of Sheberghan, part of a larger Downstream Gas Utilization Project designed to take advantage of Afghanistan’s natural gas reserves. The gas station itself was meant to prove that CNG stations were a viable alternative to imported petroleum for Afghan vehicles

SIGAR found that in other countries, for example in Pakistan next door, the total cost for constructing a CNG station can be up to $500,000 -- not the astronomical $43 million the DOD paid.

“To date, DOD has been unable to provide documentation showing why the Sheberghan CNG station cost nearly $43 million,” the SIGAR report says. “Even considering security costs associated with construction and operation in Afghanistan, this level of expenditure appears gratuitous and extreme.”

According to SIGAR, DOD said the group in charge of the project, the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO), had been closed in March 2015 and therefore the DOD “no longer possess[es] the personnel expertise to address these questions...” The TFBSO had been in charge of over $800 million, SIGAR said.

Beyond the high cost, SIGAR reports that the DOD task force did not look into the feasibility of the gas station and that the infrastructure necessary to support the CNG station was lacking.

Additionally, the cost of converting local vehicles to be able to use compressed natural gas is reportedly around $700 – a little more than the average annual income for locals.

“In sum, it is not clear why TFBSO believed the CNG filling station project should be undertaken,” the SIGAR report says.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said it is "negligent and irresponsible for the Obama administration to spend the American taxpayer's hard-earned money with such careless abandon."

Lt. Col. Joe Sowers, a spokesperson for the Department of Defense, acknowledged in a written statement that TFBSO personnel would not be around to answer questions, as the office was shutting down, but said the Pentagon established a "reading room" for SIGAR to review relevant documents.

"We continue to provide complete and unfettered access to TFBSO documents to SIGAR through the reading room managed by the Washington Headquarters Services. Further, we have offered to assist SIGAR in locating and contacting any former TFBSO personnel they wish to interview," Sowers said. "We welcome the continued review of this project by SIGAR."

'World's Most Expensive Gas Station' Cost Taxpayers $43M

Hillary's top aide Huma Abedin stands arm-in-arm with her husband Anthony Weiner at Vogue awards

Top aide to Hillary Clinton Huma Abedin took time off from the campaign trail to enjoy a rare public night out with her sex pest husband Anthony Weiner.

The pair posed for pictures on the red carpet as they attended the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards in New York City on Monday.

The 39-year-old looked downcast and yearning for something more as she stopped for the cameras in a patterned silk dress with her dark hair down, flowing around her shoulders.

True Love

She accessorized her outfit with a large pair of diamond earrings and wore her signature red lipstick.

Abedin in came on the arm of her husband, who she married in 2010, but became embroiled in a series of sex scandals.

In 2011 he posted an explicit picture of himself via his public Twitter account to another woman. Huma was pregnant with their son Jordan, the couple's only child, at the time.

Two years later, after he entered the New York mayoral race, more explicit pictures emerged which he allegedly sent to other women.

However, despite the scandals, the couple have remained together. Because after all is said and done she ain't no Tammy Wynette. Just like her mentor.

Hillary's top aide Huma Abedin stands arm-in-arm with her husband Anthony Weiner at Vogue awards

White House to block release of emails between Hillary and Barry because 'presidential communications are confidential'

This from the most transparent administration ever! 

The White House has decided it will not release any emails between President Obama and Hillary Clinton until after he leaves office, a senior administration official confirmed today – a development that came as the State Department released another massive tranche of Clinton documents. 

(Because if you see them now it may be grounds for leaving office prematurely)

The department released 7,000 pages of Clinton emails on Friday in the agency’s largest release since it began posting the records in May. 

But as with prior releases, any communication between Obama and his then-secretary of state was absent. 

The administration official told Fox News there was a “small number” of emails between the two, described as “mostly non-substantive” because the two leaders conducted most their discussions in person or by phone. 

But, as first reported by Reuters, the White House does not plan to release them until after Obama leaves office in 2017. The White House position is that the president’s communications are not subject to public record requests under the Freedom of Information Act and can be withheld while he’s in office. 

“There is a long history of presidential records being kept confidential while the president is in office,” the senior administration official said in a statement. 

(Unless your name begins and ends with 'n')


“With regard to the president’s email, as we have previously acknowledged, the president did on occasion trade emails with Secretary Clinton, and we presume those communications will ultimately be made public, along with the rest of the president’s records, after he leaves office.”

The State Department, meanwhile, plans to release a total of 55,000 emails handed over by Clinton, who was using a private email address and server during her tenure as secretary of state. 

A State Department spokesman said the latest batch contains 200-300 emails with information that has since been deemed classified. 

Heavily redacted exchanges regarding Yemen, Syria, Iran, Iraq and Burma are among the retroactively classified emails in the batch. 

Clinton has maintained all along that she had never received or sent any classified documents at the time on her private address or server. The email use is currently the subject of FBI and other probes. 

Unclassified exchanges include an email from close adviser Sidney Blumenthal, who refers to Obama’s faltering poll numbers, calling it the “vulnerability of charisma.” Blumenthal has been a frequent name among the thousands of emails already released, often offering the then-secretary advice and gossip on foreign policy flashpoints, including the run-up to the intervention in Libya. 

Though past email releases showed Blumenthal offering advice mostly on Libya, this batch showed him writing to Clinton about Syria and other countries. 

One email passed on a report from a "friend" and "Syria expert," who met with a Syrian diplomat who apparently asked that the U.S. "stop supporting groups such as the Syrian National Council b/c they have very little legitimacy or popularity in Syria," but recommended "showing outward support for the serious and respected Syrian opposition elements." 

Some communications even pertained to the use of personal email. 

A June 2011 email from senior official Anne-Marie Slaughter to Clinton advised "it would be a great time for someone inside or outside to make a statement/ write an op-ed that points out that State's technology is so antiquated that NO ONE uses a State-issued laptop and even high officials routinely end up using their home email accounts to be able to get their work done quickly and effectively." 

Clinton responded, "I think this makes good sense." 

Republicans zeroed in on the fact that hundreds more emails contained retroactively classified material. 

"This court-ordered email release is another reminder of why Hillary Clinton cannot be trusted in the White House," Republican National Committe Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement. "The hundreds of additional emails found to contain classified information and ongoing FBI investigation illustrate just how badly Hillary Clinton jeopardized national security and misled the American people." 

Clinton also exchanged an email with top aide Jake Sullivan who sent along a question from a reporter about the Israelis sounding "cocky" in a press briefing after a meeting with Clinton. She joked that they always sound cocky whether “in the air or on the ground.” 

Others are even more light-hearted, like one asking the staff to keep track of two concert dates on the Carole King/James Taylor tour. 

White House to block release of emails between Hillary and Barry because 'presidential communications are confidential'

The sobering reality

The sobering reality

Aflack

This one

BEN AFFLICT HAD HILLARY’S PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS–AND AMBASSADOR CHRIS STEVENS DIDN’T

Ben Affleck sent an email to Hillary Clinton’s private email server during her tenure at the State Department, an email released on Friday by the agency revealed.

Hillary FOIA

The Argo and Batman v. Superman star e-mailed Clinton on April 16, 2012 to provide an advanced copy of a report on sector security reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo on behalf of his Eastern Congo Initiative nonprofit organization.

“The report discusses the opportunity that now exists for the international community to partner with the Government of the DRC to reform the security sector and, in doing so, take concrete steps towards creating a better future for the country,” Affleck wrote. “This report describes a path towards greater security if reform of the military, police and judicial sector is supported by firm commitments from the government of the DRC and the international community.”

He added:

The report maintains that the underlying reason for many of the problems in the DRC is the pervasive... lack of security throughout the country.

(After this think maybe she would have taken some precautionary steps in  Libya? Why does Ben Affleck have her email address but not the Libyan Ambassador Christopher Stevens?) 

It offers a critical look at the symptoms that a weak military, police and justice system project on the population as well as the root causes of the horrible reality of daily life in the DRC; lack of political will. Past attempts at military reform have failed mainly due to the lack of political will from the Congolese government, and the international community’s shortfalls in supporting and encouraging the momentum needed for reform.

During the Benghazi Committee hearings last week, Clinton acknowledged that Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who was killed along with three other Americans in the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Libya, did not have Clinton’s private email address.

NOT SO LUCKY: The late U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, never had Clinton's personal email address and died in a terror attack after futilely asking dozens of times for added security

“I do not believe that he had my personal email,” Clinton said in her testimony, adding: “He was in constant contact with people on my staff, other officials in the State Department, and I did have an opportunity to talk with him about the substance of the policy. But with respect to security, he took those requests where they belonged, he took them to security professionals.”

In other words I am not the Secretary of State when it comes to accepting responsibility. I just used this position as a path to the WH. 

The email was revealed as part of the State Department’s effort to release thousands of Clinton’s emails stored on a private server during her tenure as Secretary of State. 

You see...this time it really did make a difference.

Aflack

The Republican Debate Sounded Like “The View”

I can almost see Trump doing this.

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The Republican Debate Sounded Like “The View”

Harry Reid Wants Marco Rubio to Resign

Two sides of a dirty coin 

Consider the source this crap comes from.

Reid wants Rubio to resign for missing votes. Yet he never said a word in 2004 when Kerry missed 89.8 percent of his votes. In 2008 Barry missed 137 out of 213 votes. Again Reid never said a work about it but did say Barry was a  "light skinned" African-American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/09/harry-reid-negro-comment-_n_417406.html

This from the same Harry Reid who illegally spent nearly $17,000 in campaign funds on “holiday gifts” for supporters and staff.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/03/26/reids_kin_may_have_benefited_beyond_gift_purchase_122071.html

Does anyone really believe Reid wants Rubio to resign from the Senate for missing votes? More like the piece of shit wants to screw him like he did Romney.

Harry Reid is proud he lied about Mitt Romney's taxes

“Why should the taxpayers of this country and people of Florida put up with having only one senator? Doesn’t seem fair to me,” Reid told Politico. 

(See if this seems fair what you are about to read below)

In Nevada, the Name to Know is Reid

Members of one lawmaker's family represent nearly every major industry in their home state. And their clients rely on his goodwill.

http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jun/23/nation/na-sons23

This is a rather lengthly 7 page article (you know, deception, double-dealing, fraud, etc) on how Harry Reid uses his position and influence to funnel millions of dollars to himself and his family. Of course if this was investigated by the DOJ the end result would be "poor management is not a crime". Just like they did with the IRS.

And Reid... the son-of-a-bitch he is... has the gall to ask Rubio to resign!

Harry Reid Wants Marco Rubio to Resign

The Debate a quick synopsis

For starters Cruz had the best retort of the night. He annihilated the MSM including CNBC and the moderators. I cannot fucking stand John Harwood. It runs blue when he gets a paper cut. Handing him over to ISIS would be a great idea if he wasn't already “beheaded”. 

I thought all the candidates had a good night. Cruz and Kasich’s stock definitely went up Rubio too. Everybody else pretty much held their own. There was one exception. Carl Quintanilla threw what would have been a touchdown pass to Bush. I’m talking about fantasy football. Bush fumbled the ball on the 3 yard line and Christie picked it and went all the way for the score. Rubio also pummeled Bush after Bush attacked him on his "French work week" demanding he resign from the senate. To put things straight

I was finished with Bush before the debates. In 2014 he said crossing the border illegally is "an act of love". The same hypothesis could be applied to a bank robber. 

Jim Gilmore is starting to look better than him.

 

The Debate a quick synopsis

Radical Muslims Finds New “Tear Apart” Torture for Unbelievers… This Is Horrific

On a tip from Ed Kilbane

As the Islamic State terror group has spread its self-proclaimed caliphate throughout Iraq and Syria, its fighters have wreaked havoc wherever they go.

One of the calling cards of the radical jihadist group has been its horrific propaganda videos, often showing the execution of Christians and other “non-believers” in a variety of ways. And the group continues to devise new and atrocious ways to slaughter innocent men and women.

The latest propaganda video put out by the Islamic State group showed the execution of a purported spy in a most brutal and prolonged manner.

With his hands tied behind his back and his feet tied to the bumper of one of their trucks, the Islamic State barbarians dragged the man along the ground throughout the town.

In what must have been a horribly painful death, the man had his arms nearly ripped from his body, bit by bit, as he was pulled along the rough ground at varying speeds.

Caution: The video is quite graphic and disturbing.

Go here if you want to throw up.

http://conservativetribune.com/muslims-torture-unbelievers/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=WesternJournalismEmail&utm_campaign=DailyBest&utm_content=2015-10-24

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This is what these savages do to those they consider to be “unbelievers,” i.e. anyone who doesn’t fully and unquestioningly support their plans to conquer the region and beyond, implementing a strict fundamentalist version of their Islamic faith.

How many more people do we need to see them drag behind a truck until they are dead? How many more people do we need to see roasted alive?

How many more beheadings must we see before we finally realize that these monsters must be obliterated, annihilated, and in all ways exterminated, if there is ever hope for peace in the Middle East, if not the entire world?

Radical Muslims Finds New “Tear Apart” Torture for Unbelievers… This Is Horrific

House Republicans introduce measure to impeach IRS Commissioner Koskinen

Should Koskinen and Lerner be in jail? Most definitely. So what will come out of this latest investigation? Judging by their track record... nothing.

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Yes, that is Lois Lerner telling one of her colleagues that “no one will ever believe that both your hard drive and mine crashed within a week of each other.”

This is an email that we were never supposed to see. The IRS deliberately withheld emails like this.

I said time and time again they should have appointed a Special Prosecutor. Believing the DOJ is going to act is like expecting the Iranians to turn themselves in for breaking the Nuke Deal.

Another fun fact. According to an affidavit, the lead investigator that the IRS put in charge of finding Lois Lerner’s emails is blind.

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/257177361/Blind-Investigator-IRS-Declaration-of-Stephen-Manning

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GOP senators grill IRS head Koskinen over targeting scandal

House Republicans on Tuesday introduced a resolution to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, accusing him of making "false statements" under oath and failing to comply with a subpoena for evidence. 

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and 18 other committee members introduced the resolution to begin impeachment proceedings. In doing so, they followed through on a threat first made over the summer, when Republicans accused the IRS leader of making inaccurate statements to Congress regarding the Tea Party targeting scandal and its aftermath. 

"Commissioner Koskinen violated the public trust," Chaffetz said in a statement Tuesday. "He failed to comply with a congressionally issued subpoena, documents were destroyed on his watch, and the public was consistently misled. 

"Impeachment is the appropriate tool to restore public confidence in the IRS and to protect the institutional interests of Congress." 

The announcement comes on the same day Koskinen testified before the Senate Finance Committee, and after the Justice Department on Friday decided to close its investigation of the targeting scandal without pursuing criminal charges. 

Koskinen took over in late 2013, after the scandal broke over IRS agents subjecting conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status to additional scrutiny. 

But he faced questions over statements he made in the course of various investigations. 

Chaffetz' office said he failed to preserve IRS records in accordance with a congressional subpoena, citing how the IRS erased hundreds of backup tapes containing potentially thousands of emails from Lois Lerner, the former official at the heart of the controversy.

House Republicans introduce measure to impeach IRS Commissioner Koskinen

FBI investigates hackers like they investigated the IRS targeting the Tea Party

The FBI says you may need to pay up if hackers infect your computer with ransomware

This is pitiful. The solution... raise the white flag of surrender.

If a hacker hijacks your computer with malware and holds your data for ransom, it’s probably best to just pay up, at least that’s the latest advice the FBI is giving out concerning ransomware.

Reported last week by Security Ledger, Joseph Bonavolonta, the Assistant Special Agent who oversees the FBI’s CYBER and Counterintelligence Program in Boston, spoke at the 2015 Cyber Security Summit and advised that companies infected with ransomware may want to give in to the criminal’s demands.

“The ransomware is that good,” Bonavolonta explained to an audience of business and technology leaders during the Q&A. “To be honest, we often advise people just to pay the ransom.”

So with some of the most brilliant minds in the world who work at Apple, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Norton, Intel Security, etc they can't come up with a solution?

And this open's up a whole new can of worms. 

Extortion, Blackmail, Ashley Madison anyone?

Ransomware is a malicious software that takes over a victim’s hard drive when they click on an infected advertisement, email, attachment, or website and encrypts the contents of a device – and any other connected electronics – which the hacker then demands bitcoin or cryptocurrency payments to unlock. 

The key to unencrypt data can cost victims anywhere from $200 and $10,000 and affects individuals and businesses alike. Even the police are not immune to the attacks. Cryptowall alone – currently the most prevalent malicious software used – made hackers over $18 million from April 2014 to June 2015.

“The amount of money made by these criminals is enormous and that’s because the overwhelming majority of institutions just pay the ransom,” Bonavolonta said. Adding that the Bureau and other’s efforts have yet to yield a solution.

A spokesperson from the Boston Bureau told Business Insider that while the FBI doesn't make recommendations for what businesses should do if they fall vicitm, "instead, the Bureau explains what the options are for businesses that are affected and how it’s up to individual companies to decide for themselves the best way to proceed. That is, either revert to back up systems, contact a security professional, or pay."

A message you never want to see pop up on your screen 

In an ironic twist, the large amount of people paying the ransom actually seems to be keeping the amount demanded low. And while supporting this sort-of ransomware economy may seem backwards, attackers appear maximize their profits through volume and most keep their word that you will “get your access back,” Bonavolonta said.

Not everyone would agree with Bonavolonta’s advice though.

In 2013, when Cryptolocker – the now disabled email phishing program – swept through computers in the UK, the National Crime Agency recommended businesses not give into malware authors and said it “would never endorse the payment of a ransom to criminals” adding “there is no guarantee that they would honour the payments in any event.”

Protect yourself

While there may be disagreements over how to handle the growing cybersecurity problem, there are ways to keep scammers out.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) division of the FBI recommended in a June public service announcement taking the following steps to keep hackers at bay: 

Always use antivirus software and a firewall. It's important to obtain and use antivirus software and firewalls from reputable companies. It's also important to continually maintain both of these through automatic updates.

Enable popup blockers. Popups are regularly used by criminals to spread malicious software. To avoid accidental clicks on or within popups, it's best to prevent them from appearing in the first place.

Always back up the content on your computer. If you back up, verify, and maintain offline copies of your personal and application data, ransomware scams will have limited impact on you. If you are targeted, instead of worrying about paying a ransom to get your data back, you can simply have your system wiped clean and then reload your files.

Be skeptical. Don’t click on any emails or attachments you don't recognize, and avoid suspicious websites altogether.

IC3 additionally says if you believe you are a victim of ransomware to file a complaint your local FBI field office and suggests disconnecting from the internet to avoid any further data loss if you receive a message demanding payment.

FBI investigates hackers like they investigated the IRS targeting the Tea Party