80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again

Re:80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again by gerdesj on Friday June 18, 2021 @06:43PM (#27555829)

"I have seen unpstanding guys rub magnets over hard drives over pure apathy."

Open up a spinning rust hard drive and you will find two very strong magnets inside, positioned opposite each other.

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Re:80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again by XorNot on Saturday June 19, 2021 @12:02AM (#27557644)

This isn't why it didn't work though: disks tolerate smooth magnetic field gradients just fine. To wipe them you want a chaotic, noisy electromagnet.

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Re:80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again by exikyut on Saturday June 19, 2021 @03:41AM (#27558603)

Wow, interesting. How does that work?!

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Re:80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again by XorNot on Saturday June 19, 2021 @05:12AM (#27559040)

Basically it's the transition in field strength, not the field, which flips a bit. So you need a moving magnetic field, and you need to cause a lot of changes because HDDs have all sorts of error correction.

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