Russian hackers hold Gold Coast doctors to ransom

[Ink]

Russian hackers are holding a Gold Coast medical centre to ransom after encrypting thousands of patient health records.

The hackers are demanding a ransom of $4,000 to decrypt the sensitive information held on a server at the Miami Family Medical Centre.

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[Deleted member 178]

"We've got all the antivirus stuff in place - there's no sign of a virus. They literally got in, hijacked the server and then ran their encryption software," he said.

People often think that an AV will protect them from hackers.

Hackers rely on skills, network tools and social engineering to penetrate a system
Users can rely only on Hardware/Softwares firewalls, Honeypot and caution measures to oppose them

AVs protect vs malwares not from hackers that penetrate the system and use encryption softs (in that case).

btw, i wonder what was their security stuff...McAffee?

 

[Gnosis]

People often think that an AV will protect them from hackers.

Hackers rely on skills, network tools and social engineering to penetrate a system
Users can rely only on Hardware/Softwares firewalls, Honeypot and caution measures to oppose them

AVs protect vs malwares not from hackers that penetrate the system and use encryption softs (in that case).

That is precisely why sandboxes, HIPS, and BB's are the future of PC security, not just corporate and government/military security.

 

[Exterminator]

It's kind of like trying to find a cure for cancer.There are ways to protect yourself from it and ways to fight it but there is no cure