How hackers break in: the most common attacks on people, websites and apps
Ransomware: why attackers lock files they could simply steal
Attackers could copy your files and leave without a trace. But ransomware locks the files and leaves a note with a price. Why does a thief want you to see the attack? And why did Colonial Pipeline pay $4.4 million?
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Monday morning, Miva opens the shop's files to pack the weekend's orders. They are all still there: the orders, the customer list, the photo of every candle. Not one will open. In their place sits a note: "Your files are locked. Pay, and you get the key."
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Rono's program got in during the night, through a way in Miva had missed. It could have copied the files and slipped away, and Miva might never have known. Instead it stayed, worked until morning, and made sure she would notice. Why would a thief want to be seen?
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