[Cryptography] Ransomware: Newest viral marketing gimmick ?

[Henry Baker]

At 11:12 AM 11/12/2015, John Ioannidis wrote:
>l don't understand what the problem is.  What's wrong with simply restoring machines from offline backups?
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>/ji
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>(close-captioned for the sarcasm-impaired)

Sorry to sound so millennial and all, but what's a "backup" ?

What does "offline" mean ?

Here in the 21st C. we have our heads up our clouds.

"So many things I would have done, But clouds got in my way."