ransomware virus on Linux

[Charles Swiger]

On Nov 19, 2015, at 4:21 PM, RW via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org> wrote:
> What worries me is that the next version might target Linux workstations
> where there's a lot of very complex software running as the owner of
> the user data. 

Ransomware which encrypts your stuff isn't a major problem if you have a current backup.

So, verify that your backups work.

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck