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William Hill was targeted last fall and its gambling services were knocked offline for nearly a day. In 2015, four New Jersey online gaming sites were disrupted by DDoS plots, as was PokerStars, Betfair, Unibet, and Svenska Spel. In all of these cases, hackers demanded ransom to cease the rush of data, but security experts were able to combat the attack without paying.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nDon’t Pay, Say Experts<\/b><\/h2>\n
Security experts and government officials say not to pay ransom when a computer becomes infected. Of course, that’s easier said than done for those who haven’t backed up their files on an external drive. A White House spokesman said on Monday during a press briefing that criminals behind WannaCry had received less than\u00a0$70,000 in ransom.<\/p>\n
That number might increase, of course, as more computers become infected.<\/p>\n
When one computer is compromised, it immediately spreads to every other machine on that\u00a0network. Ransomware exploits a Windows security flaw that has since been addressed in a “patch,” but those who haven’t updated their systems, or who use unlicensed software, remain at risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A massive cyber ransomware attack is crippling computer networks operating on versions of Microsoft Windows. And while hackers are demanding money to unlock encrypted files, the total global take, for all the havoc that’s been wreaked, is surprisingly low: not even into the six-figure domain. Hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 150 countries […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":50330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19,60,20],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Global Cyber Ransomware Attacks Highlight Unlicensed Gaming Liability<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n