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Re:US city rejects $5.3M ransom demand and restores encrypte... by beagle3 on Friday September 06, 2019 @10:01AM (#20895695)
Indeed, they are not heavy excel users. Which is sort of the point: the need for targeted attacks greatly reduces and segments the addressable “market” for the bad guys.
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Re:US city rejects $5.3M ransom demand and restores encrypte... by auslander on Friday September 06, 2019 @10:34AM (#20895979)
Nah. Point stands, attack can survive the restore inside Office docs because macros are generally allowed.
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