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American Radio Relay League Paid $1 Million Ransom (virtualattacks.com)

submitted 2 months ago by kid@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] calmluck9349@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ugh. Feds even recommend not paying..

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

The defense is first, proper security and training for people who have access.

Followed by proper backups, which should be isolated and duplicated enough to provide resilience to such issues.