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Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
Your post triggered another thought. The best practice is to have a copy of the backup files (and restore tool) on a drive that is disconnected from the computer and network. Anything on your computer system that is accessible from the internet could be locked by the ransomeware."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
So on a flash drive ?
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
Your post triggered another thought. The best practice is to have a copy of the backup files (and restore tool) on a drive that is disconnected from the computer and network. Anything on your computer system that is accessible from the internet could be locked by the ransomeware.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
I keep all my data in the cloud, and I keep a "cloned" drive of the OS separate.
do a clean install of the OS on a new hard drive, get it working like I want it, then do a clone to another hard drive.
Keep the data in the cloud.
If the computer crashes, either used the cloned drive as the replacement, or restore the image from it.
After a while, all hard drives with Windows OS get gunked up with tons of unwanted stuff, so...The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
Your post triggered another thought. The best practice is to have a copy of the backup files (and restore tool) on a drive that is disconnected from the computer and network. Anything on your computer system that is accessible from the internet could be locked by the ransomeware.
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Originally posted by Sparko View Post
Yeah my next purchase will be a 5TB USB drive which I will periodically copy all of my backups to, so if my backup drive gets compromised I will still have an offline backup."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostBreaking news!!! The Bacon Supply is SAFE!!!!
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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US recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline ransomware hackers
Washington (CNN)US investigators have recovered millions in cryptocurrency they say was paid in ransom to hackers whose attack prompted the shutdown of the key East Coast pipeline last month, the Justice Department announced Monday.
The announcement confirms CNN's earlier reporting about the FBI-led operation, which was carried out with cooperation from Colonial Pipeline, the company that fell victim to the ransomware attack in question.
Specifically, the Justice Department said it seized approximately $2.3 million in Bitcoins paid to individuals in a criminal hacking group known as DarkSide. The FBI said it has been investigating DarkSide, which is said to share its malware tools with other criminal hackers, for over a year.
The ransom recovery, which is the first seizure undertaken by the recently created DOJ digital extortion taskforce, is a rare outcome for a company that has fallen victim to a debilitating cyberattack in the booming criminal business of ransomware.
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"Following the money remains one of the most basic, yet powerful, tools we have," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Monday during the DOJ announcement, which followed CNN's reporting about the recovery operation. "Ransom payments are the fuel that propels the digital extortion engine, and today's announcement demonstrates that the United States will use all available tools to make these attacks more costly and less profitable for criminal enterprises."
The seizure warrant was authorized through the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California.
"The extortionists will never see this money," acting US Attorney Stephanie Hinds for the Northern District of California said at the news conference at the Justice Department Monday. "New financial technologies that attempt to anonymize payments will not provide a curtain from behind which criminals will be permitted to pick the pockets of hardworking Americans."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/07/polit...red/index.html
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostUS recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline ransomware hackers
Washington (CNN)US investigators have recovered millions in cryptocurrency they say was paid in ransom to hackers whose attack prompted the shutdown of the key East Coast pipeline last month, the Justice Department announced Monday.
The announcement confirms CNN's earlier reporting about the FBI-led operation, which was carried out with cooperation from Colonial Pipeline, the company that fell victim to the ransomware attack in question.
Specifically, the Justice Department said it seized approximately $2.3 million in Bitcoins paid to individuals in a criminal hacking group known as DarkSide. The FBI said it has been investigating DarkSide, which is said to share its malware tools with other criminal hackers, for over a year.
The ransom recovery, which is the first seizure undertaken by the recently created DOJ digital extortion taskforce, is a rare outcome for a company that has fallen victim to a debilitating cyberattack in the booming criminal business of ransomware.
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"Following the money remains one of the most basic, yet powerful, tools we have," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Monday during the DOJ announcement, which followed CNN's reporting about the recovery operation. "Ransom payments are the fuel that propels the digital extortion engine, and today's announcement demonstrates that the United States will use all available tools to make these attacks more costly and less profitable for criminal enterprises."
The seizure warrant was authorized through the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California.
"The extortionists will never see this money," acting US Attorney Stephanie Hinds for the Northern District of California said at the news conference at the Justice Department Monday. "New financial technologies that attempt to anonymize payments will not provide a curtain from behind which criminals will be permitted to pick the pockets of hardworking Americans."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/07/polit...red/index.html
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
I gotta wonder how that'll affect the value of cryptocurrencies now that it is obvious that transferences aren't as secret and as secure as they thought.
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