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Apparently it's the library's turn to pay a fine.
Libraries in St Louis have been bought to a standstill after computers in all the city's libraries were infected with ransomware, a particularly virulent form of computer virus used to extort money from victims.
Hackers are demanding $35,000 (£28,000) to restore the system after the cyberattack, which affected 700 computers across the Missouri city's 16 public libraries. The hackers demanded the money in electronic currency bitcoin, but, as CNN reports, the authority has refused to pay for a code that would unlock the machines.
As a result, the library authority has said it will wipe its entire computer system and rebuild it from scratch, a solution that may take weeks.
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Ransomware Attack Paralyses St Louis Libraries as Hackers Demand Bitcoins
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(Score: 1) by anubi on Thursday January 26 2017, @08:39AM
I step on a lot of commercial websites too with these fringe special players, scripts, and the like... leaving me with the question of do I disable the blocker and take my chances, or click away from the site. Unless I am damned determined, the latter is my preferred choice.
As far as I am concerned, any businessman having this kind of stuff on his business site is the same kind of businessman who thinks having his advertising circulars soaked in cat urine before being placed in the customer mailbox is an acceptable business practice and will actually pay for said service.
Businessmen will pay for the damndest things these days.....
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 1) by butthurt on Thursday January 26 2017, @10:15AM
I'm not sure Flash, unfortunately, is yet what I'd call a "fringe" medium. Librarians may not want to tell patrons who wish to view it to get stuffed.