Re:The No More Ransom Project
by adzm on Sunday October 30, 2016 @06:00PM
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This happens quite often at medical offices. Five and even six digit ransoms are not unheard of. On the plus side, it helps encourage Windows updates and IT responsibility.
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Now i'm really curious if they calculate the prices based on the files they encrypt. Do you know if it was some kind of spear phishing attack or just a regular ransomware variant? Any sources? thx!
Re:The No More Ransom Project
by ocdtrekkie on Sunday October 30, 2016 @07:45PM
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My guess is it's pretty easy for them to report back the infected computer is part of a domain, for example, which most businesses using Windows would be on.
I've heard of some non-scripted ransomware that "phones home". If it points you to an email exchange with the scammer, there's room for a person to sound you out, maybe google you or work off your email address and information reported by the ransomware.