Goodman Campbell computer network attacked by hackers

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4 thoughts on “Goodman Campbell computer network attacked by hackers”

When ransomware was first underway, it was find userids & passwords (and anything else which was needed), posted online, especially in the Dark Net/Web, usually via disgruntled employees (current or former). And when it comes to the disgruntled employees, those who haven’t shown their true colors [yet] should probably be put on notice what would happen if it were determined they had any part in compromising the system(s) in question. Personally, if you’re that PO’d: leave. If you’re that good, your loss will be revenge enough.

Now? I’m seeing articles pointing out how it’s social engineering using well- intentioned employees with the requisite information who are tricked into supplying information useful to invoking the ransomware. Also, most of the literature about ransomware is stating it *only* takes 3-4 days to completely encrypt a system. Personally, that’s 3-4 days when it should be detected.
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Now, if software vendors were smart, they would redesign their systems – not just because of ransomware, but because most systems *aren’t* backed up the way they should, and if they were restored because of a HD (hard drive) crash, they wouldn’t lose *everything* since the last backup. Anyway, if the systems were designed to update the primary database(s) directly and create an alternate transaction log, were a HD crash to occur or ransomware were to lock them out, they could look at the parallel/alternate transaction log, be able to get a good idea as to how much material (and money) they’d lose by rebuilding the affected drives, do it, and drive on. When measuring the cost of a duplicate/parallel software system vs. that of ransomware (sometimes it *can’t* be repaired/unlocked), which is more cost prohibitive?