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What? I mean back up your data. Not your whole... computer, or whatever. Install latest software, import data from back up, back in business. It's trivial to te
by limomium 6y ago
What? I mean back up your data. Not your whole... computer, or whatever. Install latest software, import data from back up, back in business.
It's trivial to tell intact data from ransomed data - the latter looks like random noise, as it's encrypted.
If your backup process "isn't that simple", then you should make it that simple. Otherwise failure looms.
- DangitBobby 6y agoYou misunderstand. I'm saying the network has potentially been infiltrated for months, and there's no telling what configuration and files have been altered to facilitate future infiltration. See further discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929344 Particularly this conversation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23951941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23951941
- limomium 6y agoDisconnect entire network. Factory reset all devices. Reinstall latest everything.
- DangitBobby 6y agoClearly you know best