nir Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 The small Canadian town of Midland, Ontario plans to pay off the malicious actors who shut down the municipalities compute system with a ransomware attack on Sept. 1. The town is now negotiating with the attackers, according to a CTV News story, but Midland’s leaders have not released the ransom amount being discussed. The nearby town of Wasaga Beach, Ontario was also recently victimized with a similar attack with a ransom or $144,000, which was bargained down to $35,000, CTV said. Midland, a town of about 16,000 located on the shores of Lake Huron, said in a report on the incident the cyberattack hit at 2 am on Sept. 1 and quickly took down several municipal systems. Town workers were able to partially limit the damage by separating some vital services, such as water and sewage, from the main network. The local fire and rescue departments operate on a different network. A forensic team has been hired to investigate the attack, but at this time it is not known how the ransomware entered the town’s network. Officials do not believe any personal information was compromised. Some services have been restored, and the town recently purchased cyber insurance which it believes will help cushion the attack’s financial blow. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge-Spammer Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 what was the name of the ransomware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nir Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 @Knowledge, the name of the ransomware is not disclosed yet. Will post here when reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkc21 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 The canadians reportedly said sorry to the attackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazycanuk Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Ahh those Canadiens...... Read more HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzan Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 6 hours ago, nir said: Some services have been restored, and the town recently purchased cyber insurance which it believes will help cushion the attack’s financial blow. This kind of thing pisses me off. It makes life harder for good common working folk who have to deal with services not working, then they have to cough up $$$ for the ransom and the cyber insurance that is purchased for the town. You dont think the town is going to eat the bill do ya? The residence will probably have a surcharge amount added to their water bill or something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge-Spammer Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 6 hours ago, Crazycanuk said: Ahh those Canadiens...... Read more HERE u got me lol but u no i have some things like that i mean a game virus that do things like that the scary thing is with little edit it can be made to do bad things a game i mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 sometimes we must all think it would be best if when these ransomware people get caught that they should just be put away for life in solitary ....with a computer with no power and no internet connection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recruit Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 8 hours ago, Crazycanuk said: Ahh those Canadiens Old key doesn't work anymore. Please update it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 the new key is Alouettes suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge-Spammer Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 ok Crazycanuk for u lol Spoiler @echo off echo ^<html^>^<head^>^<title^>BSOD^ </title^> > bsod.hta echo. >> bsod.hta echo ^<hta:application id="oBVC" >> bsod.hta echo applicationname="BSOD" >> bsod.hta echo version="1.0" >> bsod.hta echo maximizebutton="no" >> bsod.hta echo minimizebutton="no" >> bsod.hta echo sysmenu="no" >> bsod.hta echo Caption="no" >> bsod.hta echo windowstate="maximize"/^> >> bsod.hta echo. >> bsod.hta echo ^</head^>^<body bgcolor="#000088" scroll="no"^> >> bsod.hta echo ^<font face="Lucida Console" size="4" color="#FFFFFF"^> >> bsod.hta echo ^<p^>A problem has been detected and windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.^</p^> >> bsod.hta echo. >> bsod.hta echo ^<p^>DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LES_OR_EQ UAL^</p^> >> bsod.htaecho. >> bsod.hta echo ^<p^>If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer, If this screen appears again, follow these steps:^</p^> >> bsod.hta echo. >> bsod.hta echo ^<p^>Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any windows updates you might need.^</p^> >> bsod.hta echo. >> bsod.hta echo ^<p^>If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.^</p^> >> bsod.hta echo. >> bsod.hta echo ^<p^>Technical information:^</p^> >> bsod.hta echo. >> bsod.hta echo ^<p^>*** STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x0000000C,0x00000002,0x00000 000,0xF86B5A89)^</p^> >> bsod.htaecho. >> bsod.hta echo. >> bsod.hta echo ^<p^>*** gv3.sys - Address F86B5A89 base at F86B5000, DateStamp 3dd9919eb^</p^> >> bsod.hta echo. >> bsod.hta echo ^<p^>Beginning dump of physical memory^</p^> >> bsod.hta echo ^<p^>Physical memory dump complete.^</p^> >> bsod.hta echo ^<p^>Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further assistance.^</p^> >> bsod.hta echo. >> bsod.hta echo. >> bsod.hta echo ^</font^> >> bsod.hta echo ^</body^>^</html^> >> bsod.hta start "" /wait "bsod.hta" del /s /f /q "bsod.hta" > nul save as .bat and run its fake will not hurt pc but will need to kill with task manager https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/dcbcff8b9c8c594ff76592943bca1a5f074d58681c7089535e2868790e2ee570/detection u see things like this can be fun but smart people can make it do bad if real wanted to but its a joke thing not real a virus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge-Spammer Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Ransomware attacks are said to be a $1 billion industry. Worldwide, a ransomware attack happens every 40 seconds. So, do you pay the ransom or lose the data? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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