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  • March 4, 2020 at 8:29 am #2145023

    HELP PLEASE!

    by an2y11 · about 4 years, 7 months ago

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    Need help, a company of my friend has been hit with Makop ransomware, they are right now dealing with a group who claims they could decrypt the infected data.. The groups is Ransomware Repair UK , (link removed by moderator)
    Their service cost US$1,500

    Is this a legit group??Please help..
    TIA

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    • March 4, 2020 at 12:29 pm #2423528

      I suggest you should inform a your Cybercell

      by engineer.ai · about 4 years, 7 months ago

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      I understand this is of critical importance and time is of the essence, but try contacting the authorities first. There’s a good chance they could help.
      But really:? $1500 for data retrieval? was the data of such importance that it cannot be regathered?
      Please be advised of bloated charges, because I dont think ANYBODY should be asking you this much for data retrieval!
      ~Engineer.AI

    • May 5, 2020 at 12:15 pm #2418570

      Best Solution: Prevention

      by henrycartersmith · about 4 years, 5 months ago

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      The best remedy for such scenarios in all cyber threats is prevention. I understand the trouble your friend’s company might have gone through but the only remedy is to have an effective backup and DR plan in place.

      Cloud is always the best place to start. You can easily deploy backup and replication with StoneFly Cloud Storage in Azure, It is one of the cost-effective solutions, and looking at the enterprise-grade features that they are offering the solution is one a kind.

      You can integrate delta-based snapshots with cloud storage – giving you the ability to revert to a previous ‘state’ of data. This allows IT environments to recover from data loss, data corruption, and ransomware.

    • May 15, 2020 at 4:07 pm #2418260

      Trying to provide help

      by pooja1588142131 · about 4 years, 5 months ago

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      In this critical situation, I would like to recommend SecureLayer7.net a Penetration Testing and Cybersecurity services providing company. They might help your friend in retrieving the encrypted data at much less cost.

    • May 16, 2020 at 10:33 am #2418253

      Good lesson for coompany

      by will6181 · about 4 years, 5 months ago

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      My colleague also had the same issues with her data. But as I know she asked the company guy to fix that. She told me that due to some company polices they weren’t able to recover all data. Now she needs to do the same documentation basically from scratch and manually. Good lesson to have a system administrator who can deal with some issues

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