Ransomware strikes Georgia Courthouses.

1. 2019-07-02 at 1:37 PM UTC

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   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support
   It's the summer of Ransomware guys.
   
   

   Georgia's Judicial Council and Administrative Office of the Courts is the victim of the latest ransomware attack against state and local agencies. And this looks like the same type of attack that took down the systems of at least two Florida municipal governments in June.

   
   https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/ryuk-ryuk-ryuk-georgias-courts-hit-by-ransomware/
   
   
   Wonder how much they'll pay this time.
2. 2019-07-02 at 1:39 PM UTC

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   Ghost Black Hole
   I want to hold a small town hostage for $100k in bitcoin
3. 2019-07-02 at 1:55 PM UTC

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   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
   What's funny is there wasn't even any ransomware involved in ANY of these instances. Ransomeware works by physically encrypting the data on the hard drives of the involved machine or machines, which can then only be decrypted through use of a unique key. None of that actually happened here. These idiots and their fake news goons are just making a mountain out of a mole hill. In each case, the only thing that happened was someone communicated a note onto their screens which shouldn't have been there, because the sender shouldn't have had the access needed to communicate the message. All of this was just because of an unwanted message. They didn't have to pay shit (they probably stole that "payout" themselves!). All they had to do was secure their systems properly, that's it. The only amazing part of this story is just how dishonest and stupid and useless and pathetic these people really are.
4. 2019-07-02 at 3 PM UTC

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   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support

   Originally posted by -SpectraL What's funny is there wasn't even any ransomware involved in ANY of these instances. Ransomeware works by physically encrypting the data on the hard drives of the involved machine or machines, which can then only be decrypted through use of a unique key. None of that actually happened here. These idiots and their fake news goons are just making a mountain out of a mole hill. In each case, the only thing that happened was someone communicated a note onto their screens which shouldn't have been there, because the sender shouldn't have had the access needed to communicate the message. All of this was just because of an unwanted message. They didn't have to pay shit (they probably stole that "payout" themselves!). All they had to do was secure their systems properly, that's it. The only amazing part of this story is just how dishonest and stupid and useless and pathetic these people really are.

   
   Spectral, i'm sorry but you will need to provide something here to substantiate your claim. I know how Ransomware works, and i know how these attacks transpire. You need to halt operations for the organization you are targeting if you want them to even consider giving in to the ransom demands.
5. 2019-07-02 at 3:05 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

   Originally posted by -SpectraL All they had to do was secure their systems properly, that's it.

   
   lul, the problem isn't usually the system
6. 2019-07-02 at 3:27 PM UTC

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   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

   Originally posted by aldra lul, the problem isn't usually the system

   
   These idiots browse to a page and the page says their machine has been hijacked, so they back off in astonishment and call in the feds and the newspapers and cry ransomware.
7. 2019-07-02 at 5:34 PM UTC

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   Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Dark Matter [my scoffingly uncritical tinning]

   Originally posted by -SpectraL . They didn't have to pay shit (they probably stole that "payout" themselves!).

   
   There's an idea.
8. 2019-07-02 at 6:54 PM UTC

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   vindicktive vinny Black Hole

   Originally posted by -SpectraL These idiots browse to a page and the page says their machine has been hijacked, so they back off in astonishment and call in the feds and the newspapers and cry ransomware.

   
   who says its cant be one of them who secretly installed the thing him or herself in the first place ?
9. 2019-07-02 at 7:45 PM UTC

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   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

   Originally posted by vindicktive vinny who says its cant be one of them who secretly installed the thing him or herself in the first place ?

   
   Wouldn't doubt it in the least. After all, they're already all just a bunch of liars and thieves as it is. To be in the government, you have to be.
10. 2019-07-02 at 8:06 PM UTC

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    vindicktive vinny Black Hole

    Originally posted by -SpectraL Wouldn't doubt it in the least. After all, they're already all just a bunch of liars and thieves as it is. To be in the government, you have to be.

    
    i know.
    
    i wish i can get a job with the government.
11. 2019-07-04 at 2:21 PM UTC

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    Grimace motherfucker [my enumerable hindi guideword]
    While you're in there, Sophie, clear my criminal records. kthx
12. 2019-07-06 at 12:18 PM UTC

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    Sophie Pedophile Tech Support

    Originally posted by Grimace While you're in there, Sophie, clear my criminal records. kthx

    
    Somehow i think hitting a couple courthouses won't make that much of a difference in the way of records. But, the dark side of the force leads to many abilities, some might consider unnatural,,,