7 Nov
This has been an unusual week for us at IT Xpress – we've had an extraordinary number of data recoveries. From 250GB hard drives to 3TB external disk drives and 4TB disk arrays. Storing data on an external drive is ONE layer of data security. But encryption viruses can wipe out every drive they can find – even ones mounted from other machines! So your backup strategy should always include an off-site backup. Our backup partner BackBlaze provides unlimited secure online backup for $5/month. See http://goo.gl/zKJjzX for more details and a free trial.
Beware of CryptoWall, a Virus That Knocked Out a Police Department's Computers – SocialTimes
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Despite being given a threat ranking of very low, CryptoWall has spread, even infecting a New Hampshire police department.