so you can decrypt the files, they demanded Bitcoin ransom.
Victims are given a few days to pay the ransom before the private key is deleted forever.
No personal data was mined it looks like they didnt take any information, he said.
We had to pay the ransom, but it looks like nothing was extracted from the server.
But there were more positives to come from the incident, Brackett said.
Sometimes it can be hard to tell if it contains a virus.
Its possible theres another virus thats just sitting dormant somewhere on our server, he said.
But I feel much better knowing we have a back-up.
Maines police are not the only one to get caught out by ransomware.
The FBI is now offering millions in reward money to catch the hackers behind some ransomware.
In the meanwhile, never open an attachment or download from an untrusted source.
source: www.techworm.net
