San Francisco Radio Station KQED Streaming Silenced By Ransomware

A public radio station in San Fran had streaming and email taken offline by ransomware last Thursday, June 15th. They had to set up a temporary email account to deal with live questions during the “Forum” radio show. Only the streaming and email was taken down, but in this day and age, that can be a significant percentage of listeners.


Erich Kron is the Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, and has over 20 years’ experience in the medical, aerospace manufacturing and defense fields. He is the former security manager for the US Army 2nd Regional Cyber Center-Western Hemisphere.

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