__/ [ arachnid ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 03:43 \__
> On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 03:17:26 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ Chirag Shukla ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 02:32 \__
>>
>>> arachnid wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:32:49 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> > | A woman from Greater Manchester has become a victim of an internet
>>>> > scam | in which hackers hijack computer files and blackmail owners to
>>>> > get them | back.
>>>> > |
>>>> > | The new phenomenon, known as Ransomware, means victims cannot access
>>>> > | |
>>>> > any of the files stored in their My Documents folder. `----
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like what happens when your business uses MS Office and
>>>> you need to upgrade your computers - either pay Microsoft's ransom, or
>>>> lose access to your data.
>>>
>>> Is moving to Linux not an option?
>>
>> That exactly is the point. The victim is from the same university as
>> myself, I suspect. I used to work at the IT services here (I quit to a
>> large extent) and I saw the sobbings. People lose theses and dissertations
>> all the time. Must we cope with the emotional pressure as well, as those
>> who offer help and attempt to rescue the data?
>
> Young college students are the worst. They know how to download thousands
> of illegal MP3's and pirated games and burn then to CD's, but they don't
> know how to back up the thesis they've been working on for the past year.
Very true. Sometimes, however, the underlying system does not help either. I
can think of one situation where Windows failed to boot and for information
to be pulled, this probably required data recovery experts (as opposed to a
Live CD, or whatever).
Best wishes,
Roy
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