Cyber Attack At My Local CC

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"I received an email about twenty minutes ago saying that the school's servers were infected with a ransomware virus, "

And I was like "what?" He's a member here! And we are connected on LinkedIn...... oh wait... that's Ransomsoul. :roflol: He's not a virus. He's a dad. Whew!

Ok, in all seriousness, $28,000? So maybe I watch too much tv, but is someone really taking such a huge risk of prison time for $28,000? If I were a cyberhacker (control your laughter) I'd ask for WAY more than that. Add a zero.

You have to find the sweet spot - enough money that it's worth your while, but not so much that they won't pay it. I guess for a CC, that's about $28k! If you asked for a million bucks, they probably wouldn't be able to come up with it. But large institutions can come up with $28k in 5 minutes. I'll bet the hackers can figure out the amount each company is willing to pay. Smart, not to go crazy. And do that a few times, and you're rich (at least, if you live in a 3rd world country).