I’m kinda shocked that they paid. If I ever got one of those attacks I’d just wipe everything and start over. I don’t keep anything that important on my internet connected computer. That would not be wise.
Exactly. And that is my question to the Tech Wizards on FR.
How easy/hard ... cheap/expensive ... practical/impractical ... it would be to do as you stated?
“... don’t keep anything that important on my internet connected computer.”
You mean like election results.
Anybody buying this “ hacker “ story with an “ infrastructure “ bill lending needs to have their head examined
So, all those Bite-me officials who promised to have the pipeline back in operation by the end of the week were just blowing smoke? The company had to pay the blackmail to get back in operation?