{"id":737,"date":"2019-08-22T16:01:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T15:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/?p=737"},"modified":"2019-08-22T16:01:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T15:01:21","slug":"smile-on-fridays-secured-coverage-on-verdict-for-hackerone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/smile-on-fridays-secured-coverage-on-verdict-for-hackerone\/","title":{"rendered":"Smile On Fridays secured coverage on Verdict for HackerOne"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Smile On Fridays secured coverage on Verdict for HackerOne<\/h3>\n<div class=\"header-content-container\">\n<div class=\"medium-9 columns\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Texas ransomware latest: Don\u2019t pay the $2.5m demanded, experts warn<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the latest in the Texas ransomware attack that has seen over 20 different local government entities targeted, hackers are now demanding an eye-watering $2.5m.<\/p>\n<p>This ransom covers the attacks on all the impacted government agencies, which the Department of Information Resources (DIR) has now confirmed total 22, a revision from its previous number of 23.<\/p>\n<p>However, even with so many affected, this amount represents a significant step up from previous ransomware attacks on local governments. In May, for example, the US city of Baltimore was\u00a0asked to pay $100,000\u00a0to restore its local government servers, while Lake City, Florida, paid $500,000 in a similar attack in June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<a class=\"nectar-button n-sc-button medium accent-color regular-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.verdict.co.uk\/texas-ransomware-latest\/\" data-color-override=\"false\" data-hover-color-override=\"false\" data-hover-text-color-override=\"#fff\"><span>See full article<\/span><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text] Smile On Fridays secured coverage on Verdict&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":738,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions\/738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileonfridays.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}