Bob, Few days ago a hospital in central Israel got a ransomware attack by a group of hackers named Block Shadow. Two years ago another hospital was attacked. The total cost of recovering (nothing paid to the attacking group afaik) was estimated about 36 million ILS, about $10 Million USD.
ITschak *| **Itschak Mugzach | Director | SecuriTeam Software **|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for Z/OS, zLinux and IBM I **| * *|* *Email**: i_mugz...@securiteam.co.il **|* *Mob**: +972 522 986404 **|* *Skype**: ItschakMugzach **|* *Web**: www.Securiteam.co.il **|* On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 7:24 AM Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've a favorite author who points out that criminals mostly are optimists. > They think everyone else is a sucker and they're smarter than everyone > else, > they therefore think they can't get caught, and they risk 12 years in > prison > for a haul they could get with a mere eight months of honest work. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Now if you're destined to have a not very interesting life -- and I was > so destined -- the next best thing, if you're going to be a writer, is to > have a huge family. ...when you're the only pea in the pod, your parents > are likely to get you confused with the Hope Diamond. And that encourages > you to talk too much. -columnist Russell Baker on listening skills */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of > Phil Smith III > Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2023 16:13 > > This falls into the category of "things I just don't get": if that had been > me, I'd've woken up every single morning wondering if this was the day that > my access would be gone, and whether there was about to be a loud knock on > the door (at least). Yes, I know, this wasn't in the U.S. so the cops would > have been less violent, but still-if I were out committing crimes, I'd want > them to be over as soon as possible so I could continue on with my life, > knowing that there was some chance of evidence leading to me, but not with > a > continuous, live channel leading back to me! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
