Remember when you could just click on any email attachment?

I was thinking about this week back in 2012 when my whole office got hit by a crypto locker. It came from a fake invoice that looked real, and it encrypted every single file on our shared drive. We lost three full days of work and had to pay about $500 in Bitcoin to get our stuff back, which felt insane at the time. That was the week I learned to never, ever open a .zip file from an unknown sender, no matter how convincing it looks. It made me start actually checking the full sender email address, not just the display name. Has anyone else had a similar wake-up call that made you change your habits for good?

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sam_cooper4d ago

Was it really that big of a deal though?

lisas784d ago

Seeing the final cost breakdown changed my whole view on it.

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joseph_bailey4d ago

Ever look at a menu price and then see the bill after tax, tip, and fees? That's the feeling. The base price is just the start. When you see every single line item added up, it hits different. It can turn a maybe into a no, or a splurge into a real regret.