Ransomware Extortion： A Business Owners' Nightmare Scenario #Tplmedia
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss the impact of the recent cyber attack on a manufacturing plant in the Philippines, and the impact it has had on the surrounding area. We also discuss how to deal with the panic that ensues when a business is hit by a cyber attack, and how to manage the situation.
Transcript
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The provider begins to say, okay, look, this is the point of extortion.
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These guys are desperate at the moment, even though they're my client.
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Any assistance I'm going to give them, I'm going to start to charge through the nose because it's an emergency for them.
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We spoke to the business owner directly, right?
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Good gentleman has built a business over time, legacy business.
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because all the machines are down their billing system is down their invoicing is down their
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material shipment is down the manufacturing floor still continues but that's only going to go on for
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so long right so the situation on ground zero and when we get into the sort of situation is
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there's a lot of panic in the room oh sure because people are going in different directions they have
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different thoughts of what's going to happen what should we do next right these are the things now
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again as practitioners we you know operate in that land right so we know this is what's going
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going to happen right so the first first thing that we go in and do is calm them down in terms
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of there is a process out of this there's a way out of this right this is what we have to do in
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the next 24 48 you know 72 hours to get ourselves out of this situation right