Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat
by wlesieutre on Monday August 03, 2020 @09:46AM
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Marketing opportunity for a backup product named Ransomware Protect?
Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat
by meshaneian on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @08:05PM
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"Ransomwair Protect for National Security is detected suspicious activity on your computer. Please be call Windows technology Support for assistence with the files at 1-800-xxx-xxxx as required by the FBI and IRS required laws." [sic]* /s
They didn't object to the idea insomuch as they had somehow convinced themselves that they needed some kind of security specific product. We were never able to tease the shape or color beyond a silver bullet.
When basic business continuity planning with simple tools that companies should have anyway for a dozen reasons still aren't deployed, I'm pessimistic that this phenomenon is going away anytime soon.