I’m not sure it’s a scalable or long-term solution, but it’s good to see these machines being useful again.
Town dusts off typewriters after cyber-attack
Government workers in a borough of Alaska have turned to typewriters to do their jobs, after ransomware infected their computer systems. A spokeswoman for Matanuska-Susitna said the malware had encrypted its email server, internal systems and disaster recovery servers. She said staff had “resourcefully” dusted off typewriters and were writing receipts by hand.
It’s such a horrible problem though, isn’t it? According to the IT Director’s report, the most likely method of delivery was via an email with a link to an infected website. I would hate to be that person right now.
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