A Brit public sector-owned office supplies company shrugged off a ransomware demand for 102 Bitcoins after a staffer opened a phishing email.
Kent-based Commercial Services Group (CSG) was struck by ransomware deployed by a "foreign criminal organisation" in early April. A local blogger, publishing the Vox Medway site, claimed the attack froze all CSG services at 01:30 UK time on 2 April.
The stricken company followed up, according to the blog, by setting up a Gmail account for its data protection officer and writing to customers urging them to ask questions via that route.
It continued: "Do not respond to any emails received from Commercial Services email accounts."
CSG is a rather far-reaching commercial organisation that resells office supplies and, latterly, personal protective equipment to various customers up and down the nation ..
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