MGMIX (Montgomery, AL) - contact me please

2021-06-24 Thread Elmar K. Bins
Hi everyone, someone from MGMIX in Montgomery, AL, contact me please. Your official address (supp...@mgmix.net) bounces as undeliverable. Elmar.

Re: MGMIX (Montgomery, AL) - contact me please

2021-06-24 Thread Walt
Holt, Marcus Has been and is a good contact Walt On 6/24/21, 6:36 AM, "NANOG on behalf of Elmar K. Bins" wrote: Hi everyone, someone from MGMIX in Montgomery, AL, contact me please. Your official address (supp...@mgmix.net) bounces as undeliverable. Elmar.

Re: MGMIX (Montgomery, AL) - contact me please

2021-06-24 Thread Elmar K. Bins
Hi Walt, folks, > Holt, Marcus > Has been and is a good contact Thank you - unfortunately, my emails seem to land in his spam folder (sent half a dozen over the last year, never heard a peep). Marcus - you reading this? Elmar.

Can somebody explain these ransomwear attacks?

2021-06-24 Thread Michael Thomas
Not exactly network but maybe, but certainly operational. Shouldn't this just be handled like disaster recovery? I haven't looked into this much, but it sounds like the only way to stop it is to stop paying the crooks. There is also the obvious problem that if they got in, something (or some

Re: Can somebody explain these ransomwear attacks?

2021-06-24 Thread JoeSox
It gets tricky when 'your' company will lose money $$$ while you wait a month to restore from your cloud backups. So Executives roll the dice to see if service can be restored quickly as possible keeping shareholders and customers happy as possible. On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 2:44 PM Michael Thomas

Re: Can somebody explain these ransomwear attacks?

2021-06-24 Thread Michael Thomas
On 6/24/21 2:55 PM, JoeSox wrote: It gets tricky when 'your' company will lose money $$$ while you wait a month to restore from your cloud backups. So Executives roll the dice to see if service can be restored quickly as possible keeping shareholders and customers happy as possible. But if

Re: Can somebody explain these ransomwear attacks?

2021-06-24 Thread Shane Ronan
A lot of the payments for Ransomware come from Insurance Companies under "Business Interruption Insurance". It in fact may be more cost effective to pay the ransom, than to pay for continued business interruption. Of course along with paying the ransom, a full forensic audit of the systems/network

Re: Can somebody explain these ransomwear attacks?

2021-06-24 Thread Brandon Svec via NANOG
I think a big problem may be that the ransom is actually very cost effective and probably the lowest line item cost in many of these situations where large revenue streams are interrupted and time=money (and maybe also health or life). The original thought that it should be handled like stand

Re: Can somebody explain these ransomwear attacks?

2021-06-24 Thread Michael Thomas
On 6/24/21 3:08 PM, Shane Ronan wrote: A lot of the payments for Ransomware come from Insurance Companies under "Business Interruption Insurance". It in fact may be more cost effective to pay the ransom, than to pay for continued business interruption. Of course along with paying the ransom

OT: Re: Can somebody explain these ransomwear attacks?

2021-06-24 Thread Karl Auer
Ransomwear - the latest fashion idea. "Pay me money or I will continue to wear these clothes" I reckon I could make a killing just by stepping out in a knee-length macrame skirt... Regards, K. -- ~~~ Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.c

Re: OT: Re: Can somebody explain these ransomwear attacks?

2021-06-24 Thread Michael Thomas
On 6/24/21 4:57 PM, Karl Auer wrote: Ransomwear - the latest fashion idea. "Pay me money or I will continue to wear these clothes" I reckon I could make a killing just by stepping out in a knee-length macrame skirt... Lol. Thanks, I knew that didn't look right. Maybe with a crop top to comp

Re: OT: Re: Can somebody explain these ransomwear attacks?

2021-06-24 Thread scott
On 6/25/21 12:15 AM, Michael Thomas wrote: On 6/24/21 4:57 PM, Karl Auer wrote: Ransomwear - the latest fashion idea. "Pay me money or I will continue to wear these clothes" I reckon I could make a killing just by stepping out in a knee-length macrame skirt... Lol. Thanks, I knew that didn