ransomware virus on Linux

[Mike Jeays]

On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:51:48 -0800
Charles Swiger <cswiger at mac.com> wrote:

> Hi, Garance--
> 
> On Nov 20, 2015, at 7:57 AM, Garance A Drosehn <drosih at rpi.edu> wrote:
> >> So, verify that your backups work.
> > 
> > Which really means:  Verify that your *restores* work!  :)
> 
> Indeed: it is not a working backup if you cannot restore the data.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> -Chuck
> 
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Also make sure that your backups are off-line, so they can't be hit by the malware
at the same time.