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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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