NASCAR Crew Pays Bitcoin To Recover Files;

A professional NASCAR racing team had its computer files hacked and paid $500 in bitcoin to get their files back, according to ESPN. They estimated the value of the data at $2 million. They have since hired a security firm called Malwarebytes, which has become a race car sponsor.
David Winston, crew chief for the Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing team, a NASCAR team, had no setup notes for a race in Texas after his computer was hacked and the hacker demanded $500 in bitcoin in 24 hours exchange for a ‘key’ to unlock the files. Winston had not backed up his files on another machine. They went to a bitcoin ATM in the Charlotte, N. C. area to buy the bitcoin and send it to the hacker.
All the team’s computers were infected by a TeslaCrypt ransomware, according to the team’s website.
Critical Data Held Captive
The data contained information the team needed to ensure the race cars performed at proper levels, custom-high profile simulation setups, and car part lists.
The team was able to retrieve the files within 24 hours.

This post was published at Crypto Coins News on 27/06/2016.