Re: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson

2023-02-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson My brother-in-law works for a company that got hit as part of the Microsoft debacle in Fall of 2021. They had all their systems in place that apparently only resulted in blocking the notifications that might have warned

Re: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson

2023-02-07 Thread James Howard
….. From: AF On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 1:48 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson Any of you nerds ever had to pay the ransom on a ransomware? Are there brokers who handle th negotiation? This client does not carry the

Re: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson

2023-02-07 Thread Bill Prince
they totally restored everything, but there is no way around it. Off site, air gapped backup is the only thing I know of that will 100% protect you. *From:* Steve Jones *Sent:* Tuesday, February 7, 2023 12:48 PM *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group *Subject:* [AFMUG] Paying the ranson Any of you

Re: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson

2023-02-07 Thread TJ Trout
there are decryptors available for some of these On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 11:49 AM Steve Jones wrote: > Any of you nerds ever had to pay the ransom on a ransomware? > > Are there brokers who handle th negotiation? > > This client does not carry the insurance, so there is no insurance > resource. >

Re: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson

2023-02-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
100% protect you. From: Steve Jones Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 12:48 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Paying the ranson Any of you nerds ever had to pay the ransom on a ransomware? Are there brokers who handle th negotiation? This client does not carry the

[AFMUG] Paying the ranson

2023-02-07 Thread Steve Jones
Any of you nerds ever had to pay the ransom on a ransomware? Are there brokers who handle th negotiation? This client does not carry the insurance, so there is no insurance resource. The veem image backups were also encrypted -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listin