Carnegie Mellon University

ChemE Computing

Chemical Engineering Computing

January 13, 2016

CryptoWall 4.0 seen in the deparment

The CryptoWall ransomware ver 4.0 was seen late in 2015. There has been at least one incident in Chemical Enginerring.

Ransomware typically encrypts users data and "hold it for ransom" until the computer owner has paid a fee (via BitCoin) to the responsible parties.

Please be weary of emails from unknown parties and attachments.