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‘My company thrived for 150 years — then Russian hackers brought it down in three months’

Interview with Paul Abbott of KNP logistics firm, whose business was destroyed by a ransomware attack by Akira:

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/hackers-destroyed-my-company-by-guessing-an-employees-password-62vcbddpx

@PogoWasRight

If they fell for so badly they must have made several severe faults in the first place. A company that adheres to best practice rules would never be hit that hard.

@PogoWasRight if the compromise of one worker leads to the entire company going under I don't believe you "did everything right". It doesn't even sound like the worker was an IT admin so they didn't follow the Principle of Least Privilege and internally the network was insecure.
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