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Feds claim sinister sysadmin locked up thousands of Windows workstations, demanded ransom

linearchaos , 3 hours ago

He expected an AD password change to stop them and evoke a ransom? And he did all the crap from a VM on his own computer?

Sounds like he has the planning capabilities of a preteen. I wonder if someone else in his house or family got a hold of his credentials and pulled this off…

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ravhall , 4 hours ago

Feds claim sinister sysadmin locked up thousands of Windows workstations, demanded ransom

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floofloof OP , 4 hours ago

I’ve changed the title from the auto-suggested one to the one in the article.

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