I can't feel sorry for you, if in 2021, you - or anyone working for you - are using weak passwords. Ransomware gangs get more aggressive against law enforcement
“I was shocked, I was surprised, frustrated,” Cunningham said.
You are stupid. That is my considered opinion.
Hackers had taken advantage of a weak password to break in and encrypt the files of the department in Roxana, a small town in Illinois near St. Louis, and were demanding $6,000 of bitcoin.
I would have guessed that they would pay the six grand, even though doing so is probably illegal, but they didn't.
Back in Roxana, the police chief said he didn’t have to pay the hackers because the files were backed up and the department bought new computer equipment for roughly the same amount as the ransom demand. Cunningham reported the hackers to the FBI, but as far as he’s heard they were never caught. The whole experience, Cunningham said, was a real eye-opener.
If you need to be hit with a ransomware attack to have your eyes openned about the very real problem of ransomware and other cybercrime, well you are hopeless.
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