{"id":242985,"date":"2019-11-24T08:17:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T13:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=242985"},"modified":"2019-11-24T08:17:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T13:17:26","slug":"finnish-authorities-beef-up-over-20-entities-against-prospective-ransomware-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/finnish-authorities-beef-up-over-20-entities-against-prospective-ransomware-attacks","title":{"rendered":"Finnish Authorities Beef Up Over 20 Entities Against Prospective Ransomware Attacks\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The year 2019 has been plagued with exit scams, crackdowns and lots of ransomware attacks. Exit scams and crypto exchange hacks have slowed in recent weeks, but ransomware attacks continue to follow the industry like a bad smell. Ransomware attacks, sadly, have been more of the latter. <\/span>However, while the scourge of ransomware attacks lingers in the industry, authorities in Finland are working out preventive measures to stop it dead in its tracks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Preparing for the worst\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

On November 22, Finnish news outlet Yle\u00a0<\/span>reported<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that the Finnish Population Register Centre had instituted a program to help over 200 cities and companies in the country to respond effectively to ransomware attacks and ransom threats. According to the post, the program will take all participants through protecting themselves from prospective attacks, as well as training them on how to respond to ransom requests from hackers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the operation, the regulator confronted all participants with simulated attack scenarios on their systems. Per the organizers, the exercise was aimed at strengthening the ability of the companies and cities to handle cyber attacks and respond effectively, thus ensuring that they don\u2019t have to lose any of their revenues to these attackers or lose out on any of their valuable data.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Population Register Centre has already organized two practice days, and a third is also set to hold in the coming week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ransomware attackers are making bank\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Of course, the rationale for this is quite understandable. While they took the back seat among cyber threats faced by computer owners last year, ransomware attacks have been on the upsurge so far this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Virtual Care Provider Inc. is scrambling to restore its systems after it was unable to pay the $14 million in Bitcoin demanded in a ransomware attack. https:\/\/t.co\/rlpSvI01O6<\/a><\/p>\n

— JSOnline – NewsWatch (@js_newswatch) November 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n