, cyber fraudsters encrypted data belonging to a Dadar-based chartered accountant and demanded moneyAttack.Ransomto remove the block on the data on Monday . While the incidentAttack.Ransomtook place on Monday , the complainant , realised that his data has been blocked on Tuesday . “ A case of ransomware was reported , following which , an FIR has been registered at the Bhoiwada police station , ” said Deputy Commissioner of Police ( Zone 4 ) N Ambika . While the FIR was lodged on Thursday , no arrest has been made in the case yet . Police said the incidentAttack.Ransomtook place on Monday at the complainant ’ s office near Framroz court in Dadar . Around 2.15 pm , a message flashed on the complainant ’ s computer screen saying , “ You have to payAttack.Ransomfor decryption in bitcoins . The price depends on how fast you write to us . After payment , we will send you the decryption key , which will decrypt all your files. ” The message also had an email address , on which he was to write to the fraudsters . Around 7 pm , when the complainant tried to use a computer for some work , he could not access the data . When he tried other computers , he faced the same problem . He also found that some data and software had been deleted . Suspecting that a computer virus may be behind this , he copied the other files still available from the computer . The complainant then left for the day and asked an employee from the information technology department to look into the matter . The employee later told him that the data had not been deleted but encrypted by fraudsters . On Sunday , the MGM hospital in Navi Mumbai was attackedAttack.Ransomby a ransomware . Its data was locked out and the fraudsters demanded paymentAttack.Ransomin bitcoins .
A day after a Navi Mumbai hospital and hotel became targets of a ransomware attackAttack.Ransom, cyber fraudsters encrypted data belonging to a Dadar-based chartered accountant and demanded moneyAttack.Ransomto remove the block on the data on Monday . While the incidentAttack.Ransomtook place on Monday , the complainant , realised that his data has been blocked on Tuesday . “ A case of ransomware was reported , following which , an FIR has been registered at the Bhoiwada police station , ” said Deputy Commissioner of Police ( Zone 4 ) N Ambika . While the FIR was lodged on Thursday , no arrest has been made in the case yet . Police said the incidentAttack.Ransomtook place on Monday at the complainant ’ s office near Framroz court in Dadar . Around 2.15 pm , a message flashed on the complainant ’ s computer screen saying , “ You have to payAttack.Ransomfor decryption in bitcoins . The price depends on how fast you write to us . After payment , we will send you the decryption key , which will decrypt all your files. ” The message also had an email address , on which he was to write to the fraudsters . Around 7 pm , when the complainant tried to use a computer for some work , he could not access the data . When he tried other computers , he faced the same problem . He also found that some data and software had been deleted . Suspecting that a computer virus may be behind this , he copied the other files still available from the computer . The complainant then left for the day and asked an employee from the information technology department to look into the matter . The employee later told him that the data had not been deleted but encrypted by fraudsters . On Sunday , the MGM hospital in Navi Mumbai was attackedAttack.Ransomby a ransomware . Its data was locked out and the fraudsters demanded paymentAttack.Ransomin bitcoins .
The ransomware was delivered via a phishing attackAttack.Phishingand malicious attachments that locked them out of all their systems . The Lansing Board of Water & Light chose to payAttack.Ransom$ 25,000 in bitcoin because it was cheaper than replacing all the infected computers and software , which would have cost up to $ 10 million . As it is , the incidentAttack.Ransomcost them $ 2.5 million to wipe the infected computers and beef up their security controls , much of which was covered by insurance .