IT outfit says it can't — and won't — pay the ransom demand
  • joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    1 year ago

    I’m not a cybersecurity expert. Did they make a foolish decision that would warrant a lack of trust, or were they just unlucky?

    • HEISENBERG@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      321·
      1 year ago

      They were moving the servers to another location and connected them all seemingly without any kind of firewall between them. Some servers were infected with malware which then spread out and infected the other ones, including the backup-servers.

      • joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        111·
        1 year ago

        Yeah I read that but I don’t have the knowledge to say “what a rookie mistake” or “in hindsight that was a bad idea”. I take it, it’s the former?

    • TexMexBazooka@lemm.eeEnglish
      191·
      1 year ago

      In order for a ransomware attack to do this level of damage there are several layers of problems

      1. They were not properly prepared to prevent the ransomware attack
      2. They lacked either the experience or expertise to mitigate it and contain it once the attack started
      3. They don’t have an existing backup of any of the data lost