Business networking has moved online since Lockdown first began, and this, of course, lays the meeting open to attack from cybercriminals. Zoom bombing, where uninvited visitors make an appearance and disrupt a meeting, is an ever-present threat which needs to be guarded against with password protection.
Imagine the surprise, then, when a hacker took the place of Steve Rice from Computer Troubleshooters at a recent meeting.
We managed to transcribe what he said:
Hello, my name is A Hacker. I am substituting for the Troubleshooter, Steve Rice, who is puppy walking …apparently!
I cannot tell you where I actually live as it is a secret but let us just say, “I live in the Dark Web”. I am a professional cybercriminal. My speciality is writing malicious software called ransomware. I look for businesses that I can “persuade” to install my software. Once installed, it scans the computer for all documents, and pictures and jumbles up the content to make them unreadable without a secret key. And guess who has the secret key! Muhaaaa Muhaaaa. .. But I am not a bad person; I will give secret keys to unlock files for small financial compensation.
I am looking for clients that don’t use Troubleshooters to help protect themselves from my attacks.
Troubleshooter told me….” specific is terrific”. So, I am looking for an independent travel agent with the same simple password for all accounts. Imagine the fun I could have with that.
Keep it simple…Password123…with a capital P
You have probably guessed that this was the illustrious Computer Troubleshooter Steve Rice himself, cunningly disguised by wearing a hoody and sunglasses. By making it real, the message to take cyber security seriously truly hit home.
Make sure your emails – and your online meetings – are protected from hackers.
