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Oct. 21, 2020
Ransomware attacks leave companies with a Catch-22 decision
Ransomware attacks are carried out by cyber criminals who hack a company’s computer systems and encrypt or otherwise block access to data. The perpetrators demand payments, often in cryptocurrency, in exchange for decrypting the information so that victims can access their data.
Anita Taff-Rice
Founder
iCommLaw
Technology and telecommunications
1547 Palos Verdes Mall # 298
Walnut Creek , CA 94597-2228
Phone: (415) 699-7885
Email: anita@icommlaw.com
iCommLaw(r) is a Bay Area firm specializing in technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity matters.
Joseph Heller coined the term "Catch-22" in his 1961 novel of the same name when computers were a nascent technology and long before the internet was a common business tool or platform for crime. But a new set of government advisories on acceptable responses to ransomware attacks gives the law of Catch-22 new life and relevance.
A Catch-22 is a paradoxical situation in which the solution to a problem is blocked by ...
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