SamSam may be thought of as just a series of ones and zeroes but behind SamSam is a person or a set of people. 6Įach of these incidents were part of the same ransomware attack known as SamSam. The attackers took hostage of more than 1,400 files on their networks, which included medical records of current patients, only releasing them once a ransom was paid. 5 In Indiana this past January, the Hancock Health Hospital system was hit with the same type of ransomware. One-third of all city services were sidelined and critical data, including police files and evidence, was lost.
Again, a message appeared on the city’s network demanding ransom in exchange for the decryption of their files. 4 One month following this attack, Atlanta’s municipal computer systems came to a slow crawl. 3 Two weeks later the department was hit a second time, by another strain of the same ransomware, hampering already costly recovery efforts. 2 Soon after, the department lost use of 150 servers and shut down 2,000 employee computers. In simple red and black text, an ominous message: “All your files are encrypted.” For three bitcoin, or what was then $27,000, the department could have the decryption keys. On February 21, 2018, computer monitors in Colorado’s Department of Transportation went gray.
#BATTLE NATIONS HACKER PDF#
For those who would prefer, we have provided a PDF link for the full report. In this paper, we define the problem and establish areas for future policy solutions. We are pleased to present our foundational paper of the Cyber Enforcement Initiative.
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