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| From | "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker - odd warning |
| Date | 2014-06-18 17:24 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <lnsegh$65f$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
According to http://news.sky.com/story/1274201/cyber-attack-to-hit-in-next-two-weeks British investigators have been working with the FBI to trace the hackers behind ongoing attacks, and the botnet system used by the targets has been temporarily disrupted. But the UK's National Crime Agency says people have just two weeks before the system could be functioning again, and urged people to protect their computers from an expected "powerful computer attack". -- end of quote Does that sound credible to you? Is it credible that disruption to a botnet system could be expected to last a projected period such as two weeks? Too, the news article says: "The NCA is urging people to back up important files." If Crptolocker has encrypted them what's the point of advising people to back them up? Wouldn't the backed-up copies also be encrypted? The whole story seems implausible. Is it a hoax? James
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Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker - odd warning "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-06-18 17:24 +0100 Re: Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker - odd warning Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-06-18 18:06 +0100 Re: Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker - odd warning polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-06-18 21:48 +0100 Re: Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker - odd warning David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2014-06-18 16:12 -0700
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