So a national company down the street from mine got nailed pretty hard last week.
A user surfed an "inappropriate" site and downloaded something he or she shouldn't have. They then logged off and went home for the weekend. The next day, Saturday, whatever they downloaded went live. A Trojan horse. It went about encrypting every computer that was logged into the network. Everything.
The company had to pay $36,000 or so in Bitcoins to get their stuff unencrypted. They apparently had this covered by insurance! They paid a bit more for coverage, and that pays for a service that will convert your money to Bitcoins and then pay off the hackers.
I'm having lunch with their IT folks next month, so I'll let you know if I get more details.
Hacked
Hacked
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Re: Hacked
We really need a simple JARVIS to keep shit like that trojan from encrypting every PC on a network.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."