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Cyber
FBI investigates ANOTHER cyber attack, this time at NYC Law Department: City officials disable computer network in legal offices after finding ransomware that is commonly used by foreign governments
2021-06-09
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The hack was detected at the NYC Law Department on Monday morning

  • City officials disabled the computer network to try to contain its data

  • Sources say ransomware was detected that is commonly used by foreign governments and criminal hackers

  • They didn't say what the ransomware is

  • It's unclear if the hackers asked for a ransom like the Colonial Pipeline hackers

  • NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday he doesn't think data was compromised but information is 'emerging'

  • It comes as another cyber attack- this time on members of Congress - emerged
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Ransomware: 2021-06-03 Is JBS cyberattack a dry run?
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  

Skidmark - look at the end to end encrypted SMS App called Signal or WhatsApp
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-06-09 17:02  

#4  Will 2025 have us registering Desktops, and Laptops?

Posted by: Skidmark   2021-06-09 08:54  

#3  

Question:
Why didn't we see these type of Hacks during the TRUMP administration?

Or is this, in this case a way to taint or claimed tainted any criminal evidence collected in a few of the high profile Politically motivated cases NY has brewing?

Either way it helps promote the Harris/Biden Admin goal of a federally controlled, monitored and secured Internet.

Will 2025 have us registering Desktops, and Laptops?
Note: Smartphones are already registered Trackable/Traceable devices.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-06-09 06:51  

#2  I'm running Ubuntu on my air-gap cluster so I can feed the CUDA cards. Using Tails on my laptops and Kali when I want to go exploring.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-06-09 06:45  

#1  When will these morons quit windows and use an obscure operating system... maybe one of the Inferno variants ... you know one of the OS's that hackers use so they are protected..
Wikipedia on Inferno
Posted by: 3dc   2021-06-09 00:21  

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