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Hackers shut down Baltimore for several weeks
Posted on 6/3/19 at 10:55 am
Posted on 6/3/19 at 10:55 am
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What the story does not say is that MS issued a patch in 2017 and the city did not update.
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For nearly three weeks, Baltimore has struggled with a cyberattack by digital extortionists that has frozen thousands of computers, shut down email and disrupted real estate sales, water bills, health alerts and many other services....
The Baltimore attack, on May 7, was a classic ransomware assault. City workers’ screens suddenly locked, and a message in flawed English demanded about $100,000 in Bitcoin to free their files: “We’ve watching you for days,” said the message, obtained by The Baltimore Sun. “We won’t talk more, all we know is MONEY! Hurry up!”
Today, Baltimore remains handicapped as city officials refuse to pay, though workarounds have restored some services. Without EternalBlue, the damage would not have been so vast, experts said. The tool exploits a vulnerability in unpatched software that allows hackers to spread their malware faster and farther than they otherwise could....
What the story does not say is that MS issued a patch in 2017 and the city did not update.
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Posted on 6/3/19 at 10:56 am to prplhze2000
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For nearly three weeks, Baltimore has struggled with a cyberattack by digital extortionists that has frozen thousands of computers, shut down email and disrupted real estate sales, water bills, health alerts and many other services....
not paying your bills is not considered a "cyber attack", Baltimore!!
Posted on 6/3/19 at 10:58 am to prplhze2000
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What the story does not say is that MS issued a patch in 2017 and the city did not update.
Long live government
Posted on 6/3/19 at 10:59 am to prplhze2000
The best part is the city is trying to sue the NSA since the exploit kit used was part of the NSA tools breach.
You'd be amazed how many governments out there have a horrible cybersecurity posture.
You'd be amazed how many governments out there have a horrible cybersecurity posture.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 10:59 am to prplhze2000
With a lot of these networked systems, it just takes literally one idiot low-level employee to open a fake "invoice" or file attachment.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:07 am to Box Geauxrilla
This didn't happen through spam.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:14 am to prplhze2000
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This didn't happen through spam.
It happened through email, and campaigns like that are blasted to most of the organization.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:15 am to Centinel
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You'd be amazed how many organizations out there have a horrible cybersecurity posture.
FIFY
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:21 am to prplhze2000
It is Ferris Bueller trying to doctor his grades.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:23 am to prplhze2000
This has happened to a bunch of city governments in the US from tiny small towns in TX to Atlanta.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:23 am to Obtuse1
Ya, but Baltimore is the first one to try and sue the NSA over it.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:25 am to prplhze2000
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City workers’ screens suddenly locked, and a message in flawed English demanded about $100,000 in Bitcoin
Haha awesome
City is a shithole anyway(doing this right?)
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:25 am to prplhze2000
Your cyber security is so piss poor that you get taken down by someone that can’t even put a sentence together. Job well done.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:26 am to TigerStripes06
the flawed English is intentional.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:28 am to prplhze2000
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the flawed English is intentional.
this...Plenty of people who scream "Russians, etc." don't realize how a simple VPN can work
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:28 am to TigerStripes06
quote:Code isn’t written in English, bub
Your cyber security is so piss poor that you get taken down by someone that can’t even put a sentence together. Job well done
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:29 am to GrammarKnotsi
That's why there's a shitton more to attribution than just an IP address or sentence structure.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:32 am to TigerStripes06
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Your cyber security is so piss poor that you get taken down by someone that can’t even put a sentence together. Job well done.
Is this a serious take?
Posted on 6/3/19 at 11:32 am to prplhze2000
quote:Did anyone notice?
Hackers shut down Baltimore for several weeks
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