Ransomware Hits Research Facility After Student Installs Pirated Software
(Photo by Donat Sorokin\TASS via Getty Images) Be careful around pirated software. A student at an unnamed bio-molecular research institute in Europe accidentally opened the door for a ransomware attack on the organization after installing a piece of “cracked” software, according to security firm Sophos. The research institute has been conducting COVID-19 research and has close partnerships with local universities, enabling students to connect to the facility’s internal network via a remote access client from Citrix. Unfortunately, one student with access to the network downloaded a ...