Ransomware attacks are making news globally for their mounting costs. The city of Atlanta was hit by the SamSam ransomware, and the city opted to rebuild its entire IT infrastructure. The Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., was infected and blackmailed to release private keys held for ransom. Colorado Department of Transportation was hit twice by the same ransomware, when a SamSam variant reinfected its cleaned system. CIO: Avoiding ransomware problems boils down to good cyber hygiene and user training, best practices.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/3-keys-to-reducing-the-threat-of-ransomware

