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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: GeeMail on June 22, 2021, 11:04:00 PM

Title: Pundit and Bitmask: The ransomware attacks
Post by: GeeMail on June 22, 2021, 11:04:00 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jun/14/age-of-the-cyber-attack-us-digital-destabilization

Went almost unremarked on this forum. How can we make sense of it? Is this the beginning of more such and what can governments really do about it? Does UDA have a ransomware policy? Feels like doomsday.
Title: Re: Pundit and Bitmask: The ransomware attacks
Post by: RV Kirgit on June 23, 2021, 04:43:58 AM
Globalists are sabotaging the systems. They want to completely control the useless eaters on all realms- physical, internet, monetary,  health, spiritual, etc
Title: Re: Pundit and Bitmask: The ransomware attacks
Post by: Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants on June 23, 2021, 06:03:26 PM
It seems like a bad thing, but I am not familiar with cryptography beyond the user end of things specifically TLS and certificates(shooting for A minimum on ssllabs).
Title: Re: Pundit and Bitmask: The ransomware attacks
Post by: GeeMail on June 23, 2021, 07:53:54 PM
Bitmask that's Greek to me. I'm not so much into the technical bit. Can future hacks be avoided? I read a story of a group that allegedly used a set of malware developed by Uncle Sam's men to target enemies. The bulldogs came back to bite their own!
Title: Re: Pundit and Bitmask: The ransomware attacks
Post by: GeeMail on July 07, 2021, 09:57:15 PM
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/code-huge-ransomware-attack-written-avoid-computers-use-russian-says-n1273222

Looks like a spree and getting worse.
Title: Re: Pundit and Bitmask: The ransomware attacks
Post by: GeeMail on July 07, 2021, 10:00:05 PM
https://nipate.net/index.php?topic=4309.msg30491#msg30491

Robina sniffed the thing way back.
Title: Re: Pundit and Bitmask: The ransomware attacks
Post by: Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants on July 07, 2021, 10:10:28 PM
Bitmask that's Greek to me. I'm not so much into the technical bit. Can future hacks be avoided? I read a story of a group that allegedly used a set of malware developed by Uncle Sam's men to target enemies. The bulldogs came back to bite their own!

I just don't know cryptography well enough.  That aside, most ransomware should be easy to mitigate with common sense processes.  Regular backups, don't click suspicious links etc.