CDOT held ransom

[Eric P]

So I have been dealing with this the past few days.

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/2...nsomware-cdot/

My computer as well as the majority of pcs in the building are infected. Many state employees sitting around unable to work since we rely on electronic data so much. The push to go paperless is backfiring.

And we all got new systems in the past 2 months.

Sounds like someone hacked in using a vendors account vs someone opening a files sent to them.

8 bitcoin per computer

[gnihcraes]

Wow, hadn't heard about this. I'm a .gov too, thanks. Scary crap. Makes me a bit worried since we connect to some of the state's network.

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[KevDen2005]

Ridiculous. It's like a movie.

[KevDen2005]

Wow, hadn't heard about this. I'm a .gov too, thanks. Scary crap. Makes me a bit worried since we connect to some of the state's network.

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As local government I would be like sweet, can't check my email. Oh no.

[Bailey Guns]

So I have been dealing with this the past few days.

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/2...nsomware-cdot/

My computer as well as the majority of pcs in the building are infected. Many state employees sitting around unable to work since we rely on electronic data so much. The push to go paperless is backfiring.

And we all got new systems in the past 2 months.

Sounds like someone hacked in using a vendors account vs someone opening a files sent to them.

8 bitcoin per computer

Yep...computers make a lot of things easier but they make a lot of things harder. I can't pump gas unless my handheld computer has an order. So that means if I put gas in a tank, and a customer who lives next door needs gas, I can't service the tank without an order in the computer. And I can't do it myself. I have to call in to the company to place the order for the customer. Then the order is input into the system. Then I have to wait for it to be downloaded to my handheld computer. And all this only works if I have cell service...which isn't very reliable or available in the boonies in northern ID. So, most likely, I'll have to wait to service that customer's tank for an entire week which means making a multi-hour drive back to the same spot I'm at right now. It's a fantastically inefficient and costly way of doing business. But they won't allow drivers to input orders which would save countless man hours and an incredible amount of money.

I know it's not the same as a ransomware attack but same idea. We're still held hostage by a f'ed up way of doing things.

[ben4372]

Yep. Everything is tied into Skynet with no real plan B. No on dare trust the front line people to make a call. We're all to dumb or dishonest to deviate from the script. I remember watching my dad build our first house. He was pissed every time his hammer had to restart for an update.

[def90]

Carl in the mail room shouldn't have open the naked Anna Kournikova pics email..

[BushMasterBoy]

Password on a sticky. Stuck to monitor frame. Posted to instagram. For grandma!

[CS1983]

Why didn't they just take a picture of a computer that may or may not belong to CDOT, and send it to CDOT HQ w/ "Final Notice" on the envelope?

"But I wasn't even on the C470 circuit in January!"

"Too bad, pay up."

[Zundfolge]

8 bitcoin per computer

So by today's valuation that's $81,000 per computer.

At this point just wipe all the computers and start from scratch, it would be cheaper.