With a modified portable laptop, a hacker from Yogyakarta Indonesia managed to hack into a company system in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
The hack was carried out through a ransomware (computer virus) type malware attack.
which is able to take over the control, which contains Cryptolocker on the internet black market or the dark web. Then, the ransomware was sent widely to more than 500 email addresses overseas.
when the victim opens the email, the company software will be encrypted. This is what makes the hackers opportunity to ask for ransom from the victim with the threat that the company’s system will be paralyzed if it does not provide ransom in accordance with the specified time.
“When all the systems have been taken over by the perpetrator, a notification appears on the screen, if you want to restart your server, I will give you 3 days to pay,” as for the ransom that was requested in the form of Bitcoin.
The hackers rake in as much as 300 Bitcoin or thereabouts
(IDR) 31,500,000,000. If you count the transaction, the velocity of the money, there are around 300 Bitcoin that he can get. Played, for buying and selling. Then the remaining profits are used to provide the equipment needed to carry out the next action. the case was just revealed on
(18/10/2019) The Head of Sub-Directorate II of the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Kombes Rickynaldo Chairul, revealed that there are indications that the techniques he created to launch his actions have also been sold to the black market for other hackers to use. and of course maybe this will be a threat to many companies.
Sometimes a company has paid a fortune to rent a security system / create it yourself for the security of its company, but without professionals who are really focused on handling this, it will create an opening for hackers to get in, they understand when the time is right or human carelessness which can be used even if it has little chance of success.
