The next one will have the kill switch encrypted. Be interesting to know if anybody who has tried to pay the ransom actually got their files back. I suspect that the perpetrators weren't expecting quite this level of success, and may be swamped by the upsurge in custom.
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/a-helping-hand-with-a-dirty-trick-ransomware-now-offers-helpdesk-to-victims-1319034 Also interesting over here (NZ) that the media spent the weekend reporting the attack, but didn't bother to tell people how to avoid being attacked themselves when they returned to work this morning. On 14 May 2017 at 12:25, Jan Whitaker <jw...@janwhitaker.com> wrote: > This is clever, even though unknown if it would work. > http://www.theage.com.au/technology/consumer-security/ > british-researcher-finds-a-kill-switch-for-global-cyber- > attack-20170513-gw4bsa.html > > Jan > > > I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 > > Melbourne, Victoria, Australia > jw...@janwhitaker.com > Twitter: <https://twitter.com/JL_Whitaker>JL_Whitaker > Blog: www.janwhitaker.com > > Some psychopaths become serial killers, and other psychopaths become > prosecutors. - Bob Ruff, Truth and Justice, June 2016 > > Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how do > you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space. > ~Margaret Atwood, writer > > _ __________________ _ > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
