Ransomware and Cyber Extortion: Response and Prevention
by Sherri Davidoff, Matt Durrin, Karen Sprenger
Chapter 1
Impact
Heck, what’s a little extortion among friends?
—Bill Watterson
Learning Objectives
Define cyber extortion and explain the four types (denial, exposure, modification, and “faux”)
Understand the impacts of cyber extortion on modern organizations
Recognize that adversaries can leverage technology suppliers to compromise victims and conduct cyber extortion on a massive scale
Company X was a thriving accounting firm headquartered in a major U.S. city. Every day, its staff handled bookkeeping, financial oversight, tax preparation, and a myriad of other tasks for hundreds of clients.
Suddenly, one Monday morning, everything stopped. An early-rising staff member walked into the office and heard a frightening sound. Every computer ...
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