Αssociated Press 2/18/2021 The National Herald
ATHENS - With many workers in Greece during two COVID-19 lockdowns doing their jobs from home, there’s been a number of ransomware attacks against those who are duped while using their computers or don’t have security programs.
Ransomware is a form of malware in which infected computers are remotely locked by cyber-criminals until an extortion fee is paid, often in the form of cryptocurrency, the computers useless although the phenomenon has seen many people begin using backup programs such as Backblaze or Carbonite.
Experts at Northwind, an Athens-based data recovery company, told Kathimerini that they have had to deal with 11 cases of ransomware attacks in the last couple of weeks with home computers vulnerable, especially if not using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) such as Proton, Nord, Avira, Avast and others.