« This was a good thing, because only eight days after deploying the Beemo2Cloud solution on its IT assets, Oeliatec was hit by a Cryptolocker ransomware.
This incident paralysed the company’s computer network, which was shut down for a day and a half to limit the scope of the infection. The infected computer was quickly identified and the data on it was restored thanks to the backup that had been made on the Beemo a few days earlier.
The result was a momentary loss of access to the computer network but no loss of data. There is no doubt that the consequences of this ransomware attack could have been much greater if it had occurred prior to the deployment of the Beemo2Cloud solution. »
This case study presented by our partner Comète Informatique attests to the fact that ransomware is one of the most prolific cyber threats of recent years. A study carried out by Bitdefender estimates the amount of damage caused by this type of virus at 350 million dollars for the year 2015.
And as the beginning of 2016 only confirms this trend, do not hesitate to remind your customers of the risks linked to ransomware and the negative consequences it can have on their business, and of course, the importance of putting in place an effective preventive data backup policy.
About Oeliatec – Based in Ille-et-Vilaine, Oeliatec has been designing and manufacturing water-powered ecological weeding machines since 2010.
