Police Infected Computers Ransomware

A police chief has admitted in the American Houlton that he was the cause that various police computers ransomware became infected and the police eventually had to pay the ransom of $ 588. Police Chief Joe McKenna leaves opposite Bangor Daily News that the infection was his fault because he opened an infected email attachment.

"The last time I get quotes for different kinds of stuff we will replace," said McKenna. "Between all those emails was an email from a woman that says that the offer had been added. I did not think about it and opened it." The appendix was found to be a blank document, which the police thought that the sender had made a mistake and put his computer.

The appendix was found to be ransomware. When McKenna his computer turned on the ransomware hit, and all kinds of encrypted files on multiple computers. "It locked all computers. All emails to photos, documents and reports," said the police chief. Eventually, the police decided to pay the ransom of $ 588, although the total damage inflicted the ransomware is estimated at $ 1,400.

Ransomware Infected Dozens Of Computers Caregiver

A US healthcare end of last year the victim of ransomware, which files were encrypted on nearly 30 computers. Jeff Salter, Director of the Caring Senior Service, thought to be well prepared and had most of the files backed up and which could restore that.

From one machine lacked a backup. On the computer was the marketing material for 55 locations are franchised. Salter decided ransom of $ 500 then pay to recover those files. "It had cost us $ 50,000 to make everything again", he compared know the Associated Press. "It would have been a serious blow if we had lost the material." This week it was announced that an American police station that was hit by ransomware also the ransom had been paid.

American Police Pay Again For Ransom Ransomware

Again there is an American police by ransomware became infected and was forced to pay the ransom of hundreds of dollars. This time it was a police station in the town of Tewksbury in Massachusetts. In December the police system showed a warning that all files were encrypted and $ 500 to be paid to recover the files.

Because of the infection, the police had problems to request the arrest and incident records, as well as any other information that is only now through the Tewksbury Town Crier known. In total, the system was four to five days from the air. Via the computer was first infected knew the ransomware also encrypt all kinds of connected network folders and shared drives. The police did have a backup of the files, but that turned out to be corrupt.

The most recent backup that did work was 18 months old and insufficient to restore all lost data. Eventually decided to pay the police station and were all encrypted files are decrypted. "Nobody wants to negotiate with terrorists. No one wants to pay terrorists," said Police Chief Timothy Sheehan. "We have done everything possible." The agency Tewksbury is known thefourth police station after a ransomware-infection to pay rang.