Hackers demand $3m bitcoin ransom from hospital to unlock vital files

[pawel7777]

Well maybe it's one of the agents that really misunderstood the amount.

But why didn't they pey nearly immediately? 40 btc is NOTHING for an hospital!

It takes time to: Figure out what Bitcoin is, how to buy it, register with exchange or contact local trader, get approval from accountant and senior management and check whether it's actually legal for them to pay the ransom.

[Bitware]

If my children can backup their data, so can a hospital.

I feel no compassion for any who refuses to backup their data. I don't care if it's a mother who lost her family pictures or a hospital losing their records.

Us regular people have been told to back up our data for over 20 years now, and business and government for over 40 years.

If you have data backups, you simply reformat your computers, reinstall apps, and connect or load your backups, thereby mitigating these ransom attempts.

BACKUP YOUR DATA.

DO IT NOW.

JUST DO IT!

[mainpmf]

Well maybe it's one of the agents that really misunderstood the amount.

But why didn't they pey nearly immediately? 40 btc is NOTHING for an hospital!

It takes time to: Figure out what Bitcoin is, how to buy it, register with exchange or contact local trader, get approval from accountant and senior management and check whether it's actually legal for them to pay the ransom.

Maybe yeah ^^

It's still strange to ask for such a low amount.... 3 millions is a lot but 100 or 200k seems better!

[mainpmf]

If my children can backup their data, so can a hospital.

I feel no compassion for any who refuses to backup their data. I don't care if it's a mother who lost her family pictures or a hospital losing their records.

Us regular people have been told to back up our data for over 20 years now, and business and government for over 40 years.

If you have data backups, you simply reformat your computers, reinstall apps, and connect or load your backups, thereby mitigating these ransom attempts.

BACKUP YOUR DATA.

DO IT NOW.

Just DO IT!

I agree it's a bit strange!
I worked in an insurance company, everything is saved every hour and the total amount of data is saved on three other locations every day. To "hack" everything you' need to hack 4 different systems!