LokiLock ransomware

So now these crooks are using a new ransomware called LokiLock, that wipes your device. This has already happened in Ukraine and “The US government fears destructive malware could target organizations in the West in retribution for sanctions against Russia.”
‘Everyone loses’: This new ransomware threatens to wipe Windows PCs if its victims don’t pay up | ZDNet

How can you negotiate when they destroy your machine in the process? It’s clearly like NotPetya, where Ukrainian systems were attacked by Russian actors. That’s what is currently

A colleague said that he prefers the U.S. having separate agencies in lieu of a centralized authority. He’s right about centralized authority in general, but I think we need a single federal agency in this case–in the name of readiness for a war perhaps coming soon to your local water company.

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