Backups, backups, backups……
At a minimum.
San Bernardino county is mostly desert lots of land but not much else I think its the biggest county in the nation
The insurance company should refuse to pay. The ones trusted to safeguard records and uphold the law are idiots. Back up is easy and how did they “negotiate” with the ransom demands? Should be easy to trace but then again, idiots in charge.
Suckas.
I am quite surprised this crime continues to happen. With stakes so high, I was certain measures would finally be in place to prevent such cyberattacks.
When better solutions are offered to the public, I wouldn’t be surprised if the designer of any such software was someone now under the age of 14. This is the second or third generation growing up surrounded by computers. Some kids know how to both hack and prevent or deter hacking very early in life. Many of us adults would require formal instruction.
Message from your local police: In the event of blackmail, extortion, or demands for ransom, always pay the criminal whatever amount they want. They will go away and never bother you again.
I don’t see anything in the article that says the ransom payment worked
The crooks in Bakersfield getting the upper hand on Law Enforcement itself. Kind of like a ‘Mini Me’ version of the Dr. Evil currently infesting the White House.
Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s Newsome behind the hackers.....he’d rob his own mother.
IMO . . . they do . . . and weren’t hacked . . . . this is traditional money laundering . . . IMO.
It is amazing how many idiots still click on links in emails where they have no idea who sent the email. Worse, they even click on installing software after that! Women are by far the worst offenders.
Insuring they’ll be targeted for decades to come by paying the terrorists
The City of Torrance was hacked a couple years ago. I think it refused to pay up, and took a few months to recover and restart. They did find they had more backed up stuff than they first thought. Life went on.
They are practicing for Election Day 2024.
The company I last worked at had a ransomware attack on the network. Not all systems affected. The solution was to wipe the drives and put back a backup from a day before the attack. Any new files on the day of the attack were lost.