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Are RAMSOMEWARE pirates unbeatable?

 The long answer is yes they can be.... and the answer is not more sophisticated algorithms and complicated passwords. Case in point a few years back we got the infamous FBI warning on the pc screen and became a victim of that FBI scam.  Well, let's just say almost a victim...  Because we were prepared, we  did not pay nor did we destroy or lost any data.    While not being very astute into cyber security we used a different approach to protect the computer and the information within. What we did was setup different user accounts within the same computer. While the ADM was almost never used. After a forced SAFEMODE start we were able to go on about our business without more trouble. Out of the square thinking This brings us to ask, Why don't these experts have a backup double on standby? Million Dollar operations require million dollar thinking. Especially when sensitive data, operation and millions of dollars are at risk. Your computer system is like the s...