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In 2016, the number of ransomware attacks, which block a system until the victim pays the hackers a ransom, increased several-fold. On average, one attack brought hackers $1,100. Symantec previously reported that compared to 2015, the income of the attackers increased by 266%. Among those who suffered last year were not only ordinary Internet users, but also large government organizations. Hackers blocked public transportation in San Francisco, the Washington Police Department, and one of the Los Angeles colleges. The latter paid the attackers $28,000.

Thet victims prefer not to tell anyone about them and quietly pay the "ransom". At the same time, hackers do not always remove the blocking even after receiving the payment. Let us recall that last year the Dutch police, in cooperation with Europol and large antivirus companies, launched the site nomoreransom.org. There you can find free keys to unlock the system.

Security Tales: The Ransomware Coffee Maker
- Good morning, Johann!

- Good day, Karl!

- Johann, we have an interesting case here. An saudi arabia whatsapp data at the plant. Or rather, at the local control center of the plant.

- What's happened?

— The computers in the control center network were infected twice (!) with ransomware because a coffee maker was connected to the local network.

- An attacking coffee maker? It's really both funny and sad!

— According to the head of the information security service, each plant of the corporation has a local control center, where operators monitor the operation of the systems. Monitoring of all plants is carried out remotely from the central control center. If a problem occurs, the operators of the local control center contact the central one, and the malfunction is eliminated remotely or the operator is given instructions on how to solve the problem.