They've been without email for the last two days. Some stations have had music system and other computer problems. Reports are that they are trying to keep this from being reported. Ransom may be $500,000. This company is a severe mess! Read the latest:https://www.rbr.com/entercom-officially-mum-on-digital-platform-disruption/
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Entercom email hacked
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From the department of redundancy department.
If they're trying to keep it from being reported, why did they send an email about the issue to AllAccess?
https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/189455/entercom-digital-issues-continue
Here's another one:
https://radioink.com/2019/09/10/entercom-under-attack/
Whoops
Yeah, some memo to AllAccess. "We're having a problem with the oven." Meanwhile the whole flippin' house is ablaze from basement to roof. ETM's email to AllAccess was a tepid dodge, but not to be unexpected. ETM is publicly traded and the last thing they'll do is admit to a massive problem caused poor systems, infiltration or employee lassitude. More than likely ETM will never admit to the cost of the hack nor are they required to (we'll have to read between the lines of the 10Q). More than likely ETM, as are most large companies, is indemnified against such sabotage. It's not a minor problem and some who are very familiar with the technical structure of the company speculate that a recently RIFd employee from the company's IT department, while not having set the fire, may have provided the matches. If anything, these random acts of digital terrorism should make people more aware of the fact that the Internet is a jungle, and that includes this particular platform. Got Bit Coin?
I don't get all the cloak and dagger BS. This is not a rare thing these days.
Meanwhile the government thinks it's still the 1950s. We're all on our own.
Bring back bomb shelters and Conelrad.
Just what do you expect "the government" to do? Build one big firewall around the US? This ain't China or Russia.
I expect the government to take this kind of thing seriously. The owner of this site can tell you that being hacked is serious business.
Nice deflection, but you didn't answer the question. What do you expect the government to DO?
Since most of these hacks are coming from outside the country (at least the ones we can identify), they need to come up with a plan. Specifically what? That's what THEY get paid to figure out. It's not my job. I'm not here to tell them what to do. But it's clearly a big problem that goes way beyond radio companies.
I do not understand why the hacking of a non-government commercial entity is the responsibility of the Federal government(?).
I'm not talking about this specific situation, but nationally. If your bank got hacked, and your money was stolen, would that concern you?
The internet is not strictly isolated to one business, one city, or one state. This hack crossed state lines.
That is a bank robbery. So, yes, that should be Federal law enforcement. Possibly I missed it, what was the federal violation with this incident? If there was, then certainly the Feds should be involved to an appropriate extent.
These hacks are largely coming from outside the country. I don't know the specifics about Entercom. They're being a bit closed mouth about it. But if the internet is being hacked, that is an attack on interstate commerce, which is covered under the Constitution. Adding Norton to all personal computers is not going to solve this problem. Although it's not a bad place to begin.
My preference over the conventional anti-virus apps would be Microsoft's Win 10 built in services with Malwarebytes Pro and configuring the Windows Firewall more aggressively. A hardware firewall for home or small business networks is also advisable.
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While that will prevent a lot of problems it won't keep an unsophisticated user from clicking on an email link or opening an attachment. Most hacks these days occur because of user error.
For those who think that the federal government could erect a firewall around the entire nation and track every internet communication, it's not only silly, it's dangerous. Do you really want the feds parsing every piece of data that passes across the internet? Talk about unreasonable intrusion into people's lives. Sheesh.
Many hacks are done exploiting weaknesses in one's operating system or certain software, particularly the kind that "phones home" for updates and cloud storage.
In theory, trying to do so with Malwarebytes enabled will thwart opening the embedded malware,
Were it possible to remove malware, rootkits, viruses and the like without looking at the data itself, I don't think anyone would object to a more active filtering role any more than they object to customs inspections of incoming parcels and heavy document package that arrive by mail or private courier service.
(I did not make the suggestion of government intervention, but were it an option with clear definitions and restrictions I would not object).
Exactly. I think what the TSA is doing at airports is more invasive that what I'm suggesting.
So what you guys are asking is that the federal government should monitor all the communications that enter the US by whatever means and filter it through a firewall that restricts access to an ever-growing list of sites that they determine are malware. Seems to me that your ISP has a better chance of doing that and maybe should be part of what you're paying a monthly fee for. The concept is fraught with the potential for government abuse - like defining "malware." At least with ISPs you can opt in or opt out by "voting with your feet."
Government regulation is NOT the answer to every problem.
Government regulation is NOT the answer to every problem.
No that's not what I'm saying. However, funny you should put it that way, because the White House has a draft executive order right now that WOULD have some kind of government monitoring of social media. They're trying to find a way to do it without violating the first amendment. So far, no luck.
https://www.multichannel.com/news/social-media-executive-order
There's a way to monitor the internet without monitoring what's being said on it. And yes ISPs would be good too. But who should tell the ISPs that it's their responsibility? Someone has to take the lead on this, because right now, it's the wild west.
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