Web host agrees to pay $1m after it’s hit by Linux-targeting ransomware [Goodin]

Web host agrees to pay $1m after it’s hit by Linux-targeting ransomware — from arstechnica.com by Dan Goodin Windfall payment by poorly secured host is likely to inspire new ransomware attacks. Excerpt (emphasis above and below by DSC): A Web-hosting service recently agreed to pay $1 million to a ransomware operation that encrypted data stored […]

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