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Ransomware ready : how to prepare for the day you get locked out

Recurso electrónico / Electronic resource
MAP20170027676
Tuttle, Hilary
Ransomware ready : how to prepare for the day you get locked out / Hilary Tuttle
6 p.
Sumario: In May, a strain of ransomware known as WannaCry infected more than 230,000 computers in 150 countries, demanding about $300 in the cryptocurrency bitcoin to restore access. Primarily striking Europe and Asia, the attack crippled operations for a wide swath of enterprises, from the U.K.'s National Health Service to German state railways to thousands of private businesses. Although the buzz had died down, some businesses were still struggling to recover over a month later. On June 21, for example, despite efforts to secure its systems at the height of the attacks, Honda had to halt production at one of its vehicl plants in Japan after finding the ransomware in its network
En: Risk Management Magazine. - New York : Risk and Insurance Management Society, 1982- = ISSN 0035-5593. - 01/08/2017 Volumen 64 Número 7 - julio/agosto 2017 , p. 18-23
1. Virus informáticos . 2. Ciberataques . 3. Bitcoin . I. Title.