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by John W. Simek, Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

Ransomware Steps Up the Game

November 10, 2015

As if it wasn’t bad enough that ransomware encrypted your data, now the infections are also encrypting the file names. Previously, you knew what files were encrypted and could target a restore to get you back in business. The latest version of the ransomware not only encrypts the data, but also encrypts the file names. It’s now more important then ever to engineer your backups so that you can efficiently restore data from any ransomware infection.

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