The experience of the CEO of Unifarco. “We have encrypted the files, then the request to enter into a negotiation”
BELLUNO. Hackers? “They are the new barbarians who are plundering your company.” Massimo Slaviero, CEO of Unifarco, supports this.
Where did these barbarians come from?
“From Russia, where you want them to come from. Maybe they are also “mafia” from Belluno, who make a bridge with some Russian servers. Biden was right to beat his fists. Draghi also does it, so that the Russians allow transparency and allow investigations ».
Why do you call them mafia?
«Because this will be the“ lace ”of the future».
Is it easy to blackmail companies?
«Every company has digital entrance doors that can fit on the fingers of one hand. Even less. But with smart working they have multiplied dramatically. Of course it’s easy to get in. And when these attacks start, they usually happen on a large scale, so much so that even a telephone company had big problems in the same days that we were the victim of the hacking. The virus managed to bypass our security system and some files, such as turnover data, were encrypted and made unreadable for us. Then came an e-mail written in English asking to contact two e-mail addresses of a Russian server with which to negotiate to unblock those files. A blackmail, in a nutshell ».
Is supervision possible?
«Confindustria is right to organize it. But it must also be the state to protect us, to protect us. There must be international agreements on transparency. Russia and China are very dangerous ».
The “ransom” to be paid is in cryptocurrency.
“Exactly. This is one more variable that makes everything more complicated. With these systems, money moves in a second and you don’t even know who sends it or who receives it. Luckily we were able to intervene in time and thwart this request ».
What is the first concern for you entrepreneurs?
«In the meantime, rely on specialized firms, which protect you during the day and especially at night. We, for example, have many important files that contain formulas and patents and we have managed to secure them. This is an operation to be done constantly ». –
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