- Jan 24, 2011
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A computer belonging to Ziprick & Cramer law firm got infected by ransomware with file-encryption capabilities; the malware piece also affected the content in shared folders.
The company turned to its “computer specialist” in order to determine the nature of the files that got encrypted illegally, and the information they stored on the systems. The incident occurred on January 25.
Type of data encrypted is unknown
Although a simple scrub of the hard disk may have sufficed, the law firm removed the infected workstation in order to redeem the integrity of its network.
Other machines have not been reported to be affected, even if they had access to the compromised folders shared over the network by the workstation that was infected initially.
As the administrators of the company learned from the security experts called to help with determining the type of data lost as a result of the attack, this type of ransomware threat does not usually exfiltrate information from the target; it only encrypts it and asks for a ransom in exchange for its decryption.
Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ransomware-Hits-Law-Firm-Encrypts-Workstation-and-Server-474788.shtml
The company turned to its “computer specialist” in order to determine the nature of the files that got encrypted illegally, and the information they stored on the systems. The incident occurred on January 25.
Type of data encrypted is unknown
Although a simple scrub of the hard disk may have sufficed, the law firm removed the infected workstation in order to redeem the integrity of its network.
Other machines have not been reported to be affected, even if they had access to the compromised folders shared over the network by the workstation that was infected initially.
As the administrators of the company learned from the security experts called to help with determining the type of data lost as a result of the attack, this type of ransomware threat does not usually exfiltrate information from the target; it only encrypts it and asks for a ransom in exchange for its decryption.
Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ransomware-Hits-Law-Firm-Encrypts-Workstation-and-Server-474788.shtml
