gazzat22 wrote:

According to one report it was initiated by a staff member opening an Email ..

which as far as I can recall is the only way I have seen anyone get infected with a ransomware - not sure there are any other vectors in use...

I've seen employees disable security software to open the attachment simply because they were instructed to do so... IT folks have been banging on for decades about not opening attachments in dodgy looking emails, but people still do...

Edited by king1 at 7:50 pm, Sat 22 May

king1 - 2021-05-22 19:49:00

king1 wrote:

and would be so ineffectual against modern security threats... either a wind up or you have no clue about IT security.

I know who wrote the security software 39 years ago.

trade4us2 - 2021-05-22 20:18:00

trade4us2 wrote:

I know who wrote the security software 39 years ago.

oh I'm impressed...

king1 - 2021-05-22 20:52:00

trade4us2 wrote:

I know who wrote the security software 39 years ago.

Because in 1982, while we were coating our houses in lead-based paint and insulating it with asbestos, the internet (or arpanet, as it was back then) was a volatile, dangerous minefield with nefarious individuals and organisations lurking in all corners of the world looking to exploit whatever vulnerability a Z80 machine code writer might leave exposed.

Edited by floydbloke at 9:16 pm, Sat 22 May

floydbloke - 2021-05-22 21:03:00

Is the DHB still running Windows XP?

tygertung - 2021-05-22 21:12:00

trade4us2 wrote:

I know who wrote the security software 39 years ago.

That's nice. And it's quite irrelevant to this situation.

nice_lady - 2021-05-23 06:39:00