[lopsa-tech] Hit by Ransomware

2014-11-13 Thread John Quigley
Colleagues, A good friend of mine owns a dental practice whose data was encrypted with ransomware. Apparently all of the primary and backup data were encrypted. I'm getting info secondhand from him and so don't have all the details yet (eg, which OS, which variant of ransomware, etc). They're ask

Re: [lopsa-tech] Hit by Ransomware

2014-11-14 Thread John Quigley
Thanks, all, for the comments and advice. I have given your recommendations and comments to my friend. I was particularly struck by Mr. Guarino's story about receiving support from Cryptowall's operators after he paid the ransom. That's a great story, even if it portends badness for our time. Jus