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neh_89 | 3 years ago

There is no silver bullet when it comes to protecting against ransomware. A ransomware attack A prime example of this was the WannaCry virus attack in May 2017, where 200,000+ computers worldwide were infected due to a weakness in Windows SMB EnternalBlue, which allowed hackers to hijack computers running on an unpatched Microsoft Windows operating system. Users were asked to pay anywhere from 300-700 bitcoins to decrypt the data in 3 days.

https://www.spiceworks.com/it-security/cyber-risk-management...

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alexb_|3 years ago

Why does this comment read like someone asked an AI what the solution to ransomware was?

synu|3 years ago

Because it’s some kind of weird bot.

Cub3|3 years ago

I think you may be in the wrong thread?