Ransomware is one of the nastiest form of malware around : once it ’s download onto a computing equipment web , it runs around encrypting all your files , before charging a Bitcoin ransom to give up the encryption cay : bad if it ’s your holiday pic at stake , fatal for hospitals and patient data point .
The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center has been handle with a ransomware infection for the last few days — and by dealing with , I mean consult a team of probably - expensive surety advisor , curb backup , and then conclude thatpaying the ransomwas probably the easiest way out .
https://gizmodo.com/the-fbi-thinks-ransomware-victims-should-just-pay-up-1738846246
In total , the hospital pay 40 Bitcoins ( around $ 17,000 ) to anonymous drudge to repossess admission to its file , a settlement CEO Allen Stefanek state was “ the quickest and most efficient style to reinstate our systems and administrative function ” .
He ’s not wrong — even the FBI has admittedthat paying up is normally the good way to resolve a ransomware situation . The pitiful fact is that encryption is stiff , and so long as hoi polloi are dumb enough to open up eldritch e-mail attachment , ransomware of some kind will stay a in force option for hackers out to make a little money .
[ Associated Press ]
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