Not ready for ransomware? Don’t take this long to realize you are helpless.

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/109334/cyber-crime/tyler-technologies-paid-ransom.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tyler-technologies-paid-ransom

Tyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key

… The ransomware attack took place on September 23, the threat actors breached the network of the company and deployed the malware.

Tyler notified law enforcement and hired a forensics firm to investigate the incident and determine the extent of the incident.

Immediately after the attack company representatives declared that the incident only impacted the internal network and phone systems.

… According to BleepingComputer, which cited a source informed on the event, Tyler Technologies paid a ransom of an unspecified amount to receive the decryption key and recover encrypted files.

… Experts pointed out that many school districts, court systems, and local and statement governments in the United States uses Tyler Technologies software, this means that the disclosure of data stolen during the ransomware attack could have serious consequences.

For this reason, the company decided to pay the ransom. [Sure. Bob]

Why didn’t Cyber Command do this?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/court-orders-seizure-ransomware-botnet-111536103.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEifL5ny4YxNzln9H0BntaDPBdXitJhyztEQA41-BLXHDyOAeBwNvy0HFLs3AIkEHlBbTAnXtPyUfkC9npnLkIe5-J1qb5BXg2HaJpXhdPP4Wbu-ROssoTXUbGEYmkbsWCke0sKyHoz23RwHa91e1ZrhY3QZlQVxCz_pxGAxhWDg

Court orders seizure of ransomware botnet controls as U.S. election nears

Microsoft said Monday it had used a court order to take control of computers that were installing ransomware and other malicious software on local government networks and threatening to disrupt the November election.

… The seizure follows mechanical attempts to disrupt Trickbot last week by sending the operators bad information, researchers said. The Washington Post reported that U.S. Cyber Command was behind that effort, also aimed at cutting off possible sources of election chaos. Cyber Command did not respond Sunday to a request for comment.