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Widespread Ransomware Attacks

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Alphabet Soup:

--- Quote from: Pandora on May 13, 2017, 09:28:00 PM ---Luck is the intersection of education and preparation (that's sort of a paraphrase).

Both Home Depot and Lowes Home Improvement computers systems were sllooooowwww this evening.  Residuals?

--- End quote ---

I took the Mustang out for a ride today (rare only semi-rainy day ;'}

I had to get gas and there was a lineup at the register. It seems that the network was down and they couldn't process credit or debit cards. I had cash however and got to go to teh head of the line.

Cash talks!

Libertas:

--- Quote from: Alphabet Soup on May 13, 2017, 09:58:14 PM ---
--- Quote from: Pandora on May 13, 2017, 09:28:00 PM ---Luck is the intersection of education and preparation (that's sort of a paraphrase).

Both Home Depot and Lowes Home Improvement computers systems were sllooooowwww this evening.  Residuals?

--- End quote ---

I took the Mustang out for a ride today (rare only semi-rainy day ;'}

I had to get gas and there was a lineup at the register. It seems that the network was down and they couldn't process credit or debit cards. I had cash however and got to go to teh head of the line.

Cash talks!

--- End quote ---

Another reason to carry a little extra...just in case...

 ::thumbsup::

Libertas:
OK...it's hitting Asia too...and now after reading this:

The source of the attack is a delicate issue for the United States because the vulnerability on which the malicious software is based was published by a group called the Shadow Brokers, which last summer began publishing cybertools developed by the National Security Agency.

Government investigators, while not publicly acknowledging that the computer code was developed by American intelligence agencies as part of the country’s growing arsenal of cyberweapons, say they are still investigating how the code got out. There are many theories, but increasingly it looks as though the initial breach came from an insider, perhaps a government contractor.

Copycat variants of the malicious software behind the attacks have begun to proliferate, according to experts who were on guard for new attacks.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/14/world/europe/cyberattacks-hack-computers-monday.html?_r=0

 ::facepalm::

Either by intent or negligence...the Deep State could be trying to benefit from this...at all of our expense!

 ::outrage::

Libertas:
"Malware created by intelligence agencies can backfire on its creators," said Putin, speaking to media in Beijing.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/05/15/nhs-cyber-attack-latest-authorities-warn-day-chaos-ransomware/

He isn't wrong!

NSA is a bigger threat to us than Russia!

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