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Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked
Date 8 Jan 2015 23:37:02 GMT
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On 2015-01-08, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>
> I let Time Machine back up my machine on a daily basis, but doesn't 
> this imply that no drive other than the bootdrive is capable of being 
> "ransomed"?  Why wouldn't my Time Machine drive be exempt?

I haven't seen any reports that Macs are being exploited by cryptowares.
At best, they hijack your web browser through simple Javascript tricks,
which is cleared easily by resetting Safari:

<http://www.networkworld.com/article/2168232/network-security/fbi-ransomware-spotted-on-mac-os-x.html>

Hardly anything worth fretting so much about. As others have suggested,
you're covered by having a good backup plan. Relax.

-- 
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JR

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SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-08 12:44 -0800
  Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-08 15:57 -0500
    Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-08 14:31 -0800
      Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-08 23:37 +0000
        Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-08 19:05 -0800
      Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-08 21:06 -0500
        Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-08 19:11 -0800
          Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-08 23:45 -0500
          Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-09 12:45 +0000
            Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-09 09:14 -0800
              Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-09 17:18 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-09 09:27 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-09 17:36 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-09 09:49 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-09 18:23 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-09 12:21 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-09 23:22 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-09 15:46 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-01-09 19:48 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-09 23:15 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-10 22:37 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-10 07:29 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 07:16 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-10 13:11 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 11:52 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-10 21:25 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 17:49 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-10 21:20 -0700
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-10 21:25 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-10 22:36 -0700
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-11 09:17 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-01-11 12:31 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-11 11:32 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-12 08:01 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-11 14:25 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-10 15:22 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-01-11 13:06 +0100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-11 11:28 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2015-01-10 13:24 -0500
          Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-09 08:13 -0800
          Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-01-10 11:55 -0500
            Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-10 09:21 -0800
              Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-01-10 14:26 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-11 00:10 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 17:43 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-11 01:46 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 17:54 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-11 01:57 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-01-12 00:28 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-13 01:40 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-01-14 13:53 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-15 07:03 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-01-15 00:33 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-16 07:02 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-17 02:47 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-01-17 00:17 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-01-11 16:31 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 21:51 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-11 23:12 +0000
            Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-01-11 17:06 -0500
          Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-01-11 12:55 +0100
            Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-01-15 15:15 -0500

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