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Thankfully, it appears that the Colonial Pipeline ransomware
attack is behind us and the panic over gas lines and hoarding can
subside. But after an episode like this, it is helpful to take
stock and search for what we can learn.
To start, everyone has now heard of ransomware, but to give a
bit fuller background, this kind of malicious software is delivered
into an information system such as a computer or a
database and then renders all of the information
inaccessible. Backups can sometimes help restore functionality,
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Thankfully, it appears that the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack is behind us and the panic over gas lines and hoarding can subside. But after an episode like this, it is helpful to take stock and search for what we can learn.
To start, everyone has now heard of ransomware, but to give a bit fuller background, this kind of malicious software is delivered into an information system such as a computer or a database and then renders all of the information inaccessible. Backups can sometimes help restore functionality, unless the ransomware s operator or programs decided to wait to activate the malicious software for long enough that it is in the backups. Once the information is rendered inaccessible, the person or group behind the malicious software demands payment in exchange for returning the information. Recently, there has even been reporting that the person or group behind a ransomware attack will begin calling the c
Monday, May 17, 2021
Thankfully, it appears that the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack is behind us and the panic over gas lines and hoarding can subside. But after an episode like this, it is helpful to take stock and search for what we can learn.
To start, everyone has now heard of ransomware, but to give a bit fuller background, this kind of malicious software is delivered into an information system such as a computer or a database and then renders all of the information inaccessible. Backups can sometimes help restore functionality unless the ransomware s operator or programs decided to wait to activate the malicious software for long enough that it is in the backups. Once the information is rendered inaccessible, the person or group behind the malicious software demands payment in exchange for returning the information. Recently, there has even been reporting that the person or group behind a ransomware attack will begin calling the clients and consumers whose in
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