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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Digging customers out from this is quite literally what I do for a living. Issues aren't always as simple as "don't pay."

The article seemed to be aimed at average desk workers. It didn't contain any data or suggestions not commonly told in phishing tutorials offered by companies.

This is an entry level explanation of a highly complex problem. I would suggest you send it to your grandma or a blue collar friend who doesn't work on computers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I want to know -

  1. Do the kidnappers (I do not know the term) keep the promise?
  2. What happened after the paying the ransom money?
  3. What else are involved in addition to paying or not paying?
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

If they don't uphold their promises, they can't repeat the scam. I've dealt with the hackers and they're better tech support than larger corps in many ways. They want you to be successful, in a weird way.

They're dicks for doing it, but when your admin password is "1991mustang" for 16 years, maybe you deserve a lesson in security.

@[email protected] is exactly right in their comments.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mine is Password (with capital p)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

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