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How do these police departments get hacked in the first place? Do these ransomware gangs have multiple 0 days?
by david56423 5y ago
How do these police departments get hacked in the first place? Do these ransomware gangs have multiple 0 days?
- vengefulduck 5y agoI have a feeling it was something like an email with an attachment called important_tax_info.docx.exe. People are much easier to exploit than software.
- asdff 5y agoWhen I worked at a hospital there would be a phishing attempt like this to emails like once a month. Luckily IT was set up pretty well to expect these events so nothing major happened. I'm sure orgs are constantly being phished.
- bena 5y agoYep. We occasionally get emails that look like they're from other organizations in our collective to phish for information.
- bena 5y agoExactly. I think people need to read or reread The Art of Deception. The best tool to gain access to sensitive information isn't a laptop, it's a Hershey's bar.
- macinjosh 5y agoI doubt it. Because governments, just like big corporations are susceptible to important but small things like software updates falling through the cracks. The incentives aren't right so it is allowed to happen.