Ransomware Attacks

The cluster focuses on discussions speculating whether various incidents are ransomware attacks, evaluating ransomware as a business model, and sharing mitigation strategies along with links to related threads.

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Sample Comments

rootsudo May 14, 2021 View on HN

Looks like ransomware is good business.

perlgeek Dec 29, 2021 View on HN

What are the odds this will turn out to be due to ransomware?

closeparen Jun 27, 2020 View on HN

Someone's gotta be thinking about doing a ransomware operation that doesn't unlock the data in order to poison the well.

leifg Mar 10, 2022 View on HN

Which ransomware doesn’t use crypto?

person_of_color Aug 31, 2020 View on HN

Imagine a ransomware attack against these jokers.

tibbydudeza Jun 16, 2021 View on HN

Seems like another ransomware event.

tester34 Jul 15, 2021 View on HN

fair, but on the other hand - client side being ransomware'd affects datacenter too

chgs Feb 4, 2025 View on HN

I suspect Ransomware is a key part of its value

rbanffy Jul 11, 2017 View on HN

Where no ransomware has gone before...

mannykannot Dec 17, 2019 View on HN

When ransomware is the issue, that's the wrong way to be right.