EPISODE · Apr 1, 2019 · 12 MIN
A Guide to LockerGoga, the Ransomware Crippling Industrial Firms
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
Ransomware has long been the scourge of the cybersecurity industry. When that extortionate hacking goes beyond encrypting files to fully paralyze computers across a company, it represents not just a mere shakedown, but a crippling disruption. Now a nasty new breed of ransomware known as LockerGoga is inflicting that paralysis on industrial firms whose computers control actual physical equipment, and it's enough to deeply spook security researchers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Ransomware has long been the scourge of the cybersecurity industry. When that extortionate hacking goes beyond encrypting files to fully paralyze computers across a company, it represents not just a mere shakedown, but a crippling disruption. Now a nasty new breed of ransomware known as LockerGoga is inflicting that paralysis on industrial firms whose computers control actual physical equipment, and it's enough to deeply spook security researchers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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