Linked: DCH pays hackers responsible for ransomware attack
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Linked: DCH pays hackers responsible for ransomware attack

We are seeing this a lot, and this situation is one that seems to be cropping up over and over again. “The ransomware attack encrypted electronic files at the Tuscaloosa, Northport and Fayette hospitals, forcing staff to use a manual paper system to track patient data. All but the most critically ill or injured new…

Linked: Law Firm Data Security Vulnerabilities
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Linked: Law Firm Data Security Vulnerabilities

These results from the 2018 ABA Legal Technology Survey are not at all good, given how much information is laying around law firms these days. “Less than half of the responding firms have the following policies or plans that are important facets of a law firm’s security posture:  computer acceptable use policy (41%); remote access…

Linked – Ransomware victims have paid over $25 million in the past two years, study finds
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Linked – Ransomware victims have paid over $25 million in the past two years, study finds

As long as there’s money to be made in it, ransomware will continue to be on the rise, and there is no doubt there is money in it.   “While it isn’t really suggested for victims to pay the ransom demanded by these malicious programs, it seems that many are still doing so. According to…

Linked – Amazon and eBay images broken by Photobucket’s ‘ransom demand’
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Linked – Amazon and eBay images broken by Photobucket’s ‘ransom demand’

They let users embed images with free accounts for years, and then suddenly changed that policy… “But the new policy has also affected historical social media posts, blogs and forums that were reliant on Photobucket. One of those affected is Stampboards, a forum with more than 17,000 members who discuss postage stamps and share images…