Alaskan borough dusts off the typewriters after ransomware crims pwn entire network
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/03/alaskan_town_has_entire_network_owned_by_ransomware_crims/
A ransomware infection has cast the Alaskan borough of Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) has been cast back to the dark ages.
The malware was activated in mid-July, infecting 60 of the borough's Windows 7 PCs. As the IT department tried to clean the infection and reset passwords using a script, the malware started "attacking back", spreading to almost all of the 500 workstations and 120 of 150 servers.
Alaskan borough dusts off the typewriters after ransomware crims pwn entire network
Aug 3, 2018, 11:17am UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/03/alaskan_town_has_entire_network_owned_by_ransomware_crims/
> A ransomware infection has cast the Alaskan borough of Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) has been cast back to the dark ages.
> The malware was activated in mid-July, infecting 60 of the borough's Windows 7 PCs. As the IT department tried to clean the infection and reset passwords using a script, the malware started "attacking back", spreading to almost all of the 500 workstations and 120 of 150 servers.