A group of 20-somethings with names like "Big Balls" gain unauthorized access to your servers, delete data, take your website down, and now you can't serve your customers and your organization goes belly up unless you pay money to a mafia boss.
Sounds a lot like ransomware, doesn't it? When your government starts imitating ransomware playbooks, it's a four-alarm fire. At least in theory one can negotiate with ransomware actors.
@briankrebs My worry (until this morning) was that people wouldn’t get social security checks this month. We know the GOP wants to end those payments, as well as Medicare and VA benefits, SNAP and Medicaid—and what’s to stop the boyz from simply deleting entire systems? Anything?
So I looked up the payment dates for 2025 and then checked my bank account this morning—all good this month (huge sigh of relief).
How long will the system hold?
BrianKrebs
f*cking b*tch club