IT outfit says it can't — and won't — pay the ransom demand
    • Fyurion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      1 year ago

      Not only that, but also a wave of lawsuits will probably gurantee they go bankrupt.

    • joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      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
        28·
        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 infected all the other ones, including the servers with the backups.

      • TexMexBazooka@lemm.eeEnglish
        17·
        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