It’s the kind of note that grabs you by the shirt and doesn’t let go: “All of your files are stolen and encrypted.”The next thing you read is the extortion demand: pay up, or else.In this scenario, your organization has a limited amount of time to ask a series of critical questions before making the ultimate choice. Are you defined as critical infrastructure? Is personal identifiable information at risk? Answers to those questions as well as others will lead to other questions, all of which will contribute to the ultimate question: Do you pay the ransom or not.
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Alleged SmokeLoader botnet operator Nicholas Moses, also known as "scrublord", has been charged by federal prosecutors with a count of conspiracy to commit fraud and other computer-related activity over the compromise of more than 65,000 individuals' personal data and credentials with the malware, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
