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Ransomware Bites 400 Veterinary Hospitals
- LinuxBender 7y agoI am sure this is an unpopular opinion, but I am rather fond of ransomware. If ransomware can get on the systems, then so can a silent RAT (Remote Access Trojan) that would allow any number of thugs to access and sell the data without anyone knowing or caring for a very long time. With ransomware, the data is isolated away from the people that are not managing or securing their systems. In some twisted irony, the data is safer in some sense of the meaning and the host of the data is forced to take some action. In some cases, the customers may even learn about the lack of management and protection of their sensitive data. I suppose this could be some derivation of "The enemy of my enemy is my friend". Servers (bare metal, virtual machines, docker containers, K8's, K3's) are all ephemeral. If you do not have offline backups of data that automation can not touch, then you do not have valid backups.