January 9, 2015 - CBS This Morning News ran an item about ransomware featuring Shawn Henry, former FBI executive assistant director and president of cyber security firm CrowdStrike Services.
The short blurb they had on their site started with: "Cyber thieves use "ransomware" to demand money if you want to retrieve your data. In 2013 alone, ransomware cost victims more than half a million dollars. Shawn Henry joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how to protect yourself against these cyberattacks."
The data in there was mostly correct, except for the total damages they said was more than 500,000 in 2013. We all know that it was around 27 million dollar, made by the first vicious ransomware version CryptoLocker.
Here is the video, not a bad idea to send this to all your end-users, colleagues, friends and family.
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/cyber-thieves-hack-for-ransom-forcing-people-to-pay-to-get-data-back/
And while you are at it, effective security awareness training is a must these days. Find out how affordable this is for your organization.
