Just a Wee Bit Over the Top There is a nut job who bought an old cold war era bunker in Germany and turned it into a “bullet-proof” hosting center similar to what we see in Russia and elsewhere – where they let you host anything, legal or otherwise. Apparently the Germans got tired of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]More Information on the Baltimore Cyberattack Baltimore estimates that it will wind up spending $18 million to recover from the cyberattack – which is why many organization just pay the ransom. The attackers only wanted $103,000 or less than 1 percent of what they are going to spend. Of course, if an organization does that, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Baltimore Ransomware Attack Could Be Blamed on the NSA I think this is what they call a tease. Technically correct, however. You may remember the NSA hacking tool that got out into the wild called EternalBlue? It was leaked by the hacking group ShadowBrokers in 2017. Before that, it exploited a Microsoft bug that the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]May 7, 2019 is the day things changed in the City and County of Baltimore. That is the day that hackers encrypted computers used by 10,000 people in the offices of Baltimore City and County. While 911 services continued to work. unfortunately the same could not be said for their phones and email. The hackers […]
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