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they’re also providing them
with additional resources to
invest in ramping up the scale
and sophistication of their
operations. That means more
victims, more ransoms paid,
more ramping up, more victims,
etc. It’s a vicious circle and
the only way to break it is for
organizations to stop paying.”
Paying ransoms, alongside
statements that no data appeared
to have been downloaded
or misused, is thought to be
the end of the crisis, that also
isn’t always the case. Callow
cited three incidents where
data stolen in ransomware
hacks surfaced later in other
ways. In Torrance, Calif., data
initially thought to have been
untouched was later discovered
to have been stolen; in Prince
Edward Island, Canada, data
ended up being posted for to
the website of the hacking
group known as Maze; and, data
scraped from a Saskatchewan,
Canada-based health provider
ended up being sent outside its
network.
“Prior to the data being
encrypted, it may also be
exfi ltrated. The threat of
releasing - or, in some cases,
auctioning - the stolen data
is used as additional leverage
to extort payment,” Callow
said. “What the cities actually
paid for was a pinky promise
that the stolen data would not
be destroyed and not posted
online. But that pinky promise
is coming from criminals.”
Forensic investigation after
the attacks can lead to clues
regarding what happened, but
the hackers typically delete the
tools they used to enter the
system and scramble internal
logs as they exit.
Callow said ransom demands
are often victim-specifi c and
based on a victim’s perceived
ability to pay. There is also
often a lag time between when
a piece of malware enters the
victims’ computers and when
they shut it down.
“Consequently, they are
usually well aware of an
organization’s fi nancial position.
In many cases, they’ll even
know whether an organization
is insured and what its coverage
limits are,” Callow said.
It is incumbent upon the
victims of ransomware hacking
to completely rebuild their
computer networks, Callow
said.
“If they do not do this,
the criminals may continue
to have access and attack for
a second time. In one recent
case, the criminals had ongoing
access to a company’s emails -
including emailed transcripts
of phone calls - so they were
able to monitor their response
to the ransomware incident.
They then posted all that
information online along with
an accusation that the company
was committing insurance
fraud,” he said.
Most hacking attacks are
avoidable, but simply backing
up data to the cloud or an off-
site server isn’t the solution
either – in both cases the data
can then be accessed without
causing a recognizable uptick
in network activity.
“What would make a
difference is if organizations
would adhere to security best
practices - something which
governments seem to be
particularly bad at doing,” he
said.
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have to go back every two years and see if our life is still worth it.
That’s not fair. My parents ... they’ve just gone through too much
for them to keep going through it again and again.”
The analogy to Egyptian belief falls short of encompassing
all that DACA recipients face, however. In lore, the same court
is judging all souls that pass into the afterlife. For people like
Hernandez, as a result of the way in which Obama enacted the
DACA – through executive action – the “court” presiding over
her fate will change each time the presidency switches hands or
parties.
The Trump Administration attempted to end DACA based on
the fi ndings of a lower court in regard to a state-level program
without having to take responsibility for ending it outright.
A majority of the Supreme Court, led by conservative Chief
Justice John Roberts, returned a decision that will require the
Administration to seek a more active stance in discontinuing
DACA protection. President Trump has already said on multiple
occasions that he plans to do so.
Hernandez said news of the reprieve for DACA recipients was
met with relief, but it does precious little to alleviate the strains
on hearts still on the scales. She speaks not only for herself, but on
behalf of the people she works with as a volunteer on the Oregon
DACA Coalition.
“It’s temporary relief, temporary victory. We’ve been hoping
for the best and getting ready for the worst,” said Hernandez, 22,
of the days leading up to the decision. “We were pretty sure we
were going to lose everything. If we had lost, we were focused
on having people contact their Congress members and forming
emotional support groups. We also had lawyers working on new
drafts of DACA so that it could continue.”
Losing everything would mean rippling effects throughout
the nation. Hernandez graduated from Chemeketa Community
College and is now a dental assistant with the Boys & Girls Club
of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties. She was, at one time, a
patient of the same community service she helps provide now.
Her twin sister, a Chemeketa and Portland State University alum,
is a social worker in Portland.
After eight years, the initial DACA recipients, who are now in
their twenties, hold jobs throughout the country with many in
critical roles serving the nation as it responds to the coronavirus
pandemic.
For Hernandez, and her sister, DACA changed the trajectory
of their lives in ways few who were born in this country – and all
white people – can fathom.
“You’re so thankful, and you start to feel a little more safe, and
you recognize you are being given a sort of privilege that other
people don’t have,” she said.
Hernandez’s mother and father left the twins with grandparents
and crossed into America in hope of a better life than the one
they were living in the city of Chemutal in the Mexican state of
Quintana Roo. Her mother was an accountant and her father,
who had only made it through high school, had diffi culty fi nding
consistent work that supported a family.
“They told us that when they had something here, they would
bring us over too,” Hernandez said. “It was defi nitely hard to see
them go, but I knew that we were hopefully going to reunite
again, which not a lot of families can do.”
The girls and their grandparents joined the couple when the
twins were 7 years old.
“They have different ways of hiding you in a car, it was very
scary,” Hernandez said.
To support the family, Hernandez’s mother worked two jobs,
her father worked three – manufacturing dog leashes, at a restaurant
and, also, a bread company. As work opportunities were prone to
shift from season to season, the family frequently moved back and
forth from California and Oregon. Despite fi nding a new level of
success, the move to America took another, unexpected toll.
“My grandma wanted to pass away in Chetumal but, because
my grandparents had to bring us, they died here. I feel a sort of
guilt that she had to leave everything behind for us,” Hernandez
said.
Her mother helped the twins assimilate to their new home with
assignments to watch English-language television. Hernandez was
fortunate to have a classmate that translated what was happening
in classes at American schools.
Hernandez was a senior at North Salem High School when she
applied for DACA protections and the program unlocked a slew
of new opportunities.
“There were little things people take for granted, like being
able to drive my mom to the grocery store,” Hernandez said.
Applying for DACA protections wasn’t a decision the family
arrived at without heavy contemplation.
“The top conversation that we had was about giving the
government all of our information,” she said. “It wasn’t the
information that my sister and I gave that worried us, it was having
to give information about our parents.”
They decided it was worth the risk because it meant the twins
would be eligible to attend college, even if it meant working
their way through school on their own while attending classes
and helping support the family. Both women still work two jobs,
almost out of habit.
Around the same time, the Hernandez family added a new
sister to the family, she’s now 8 years old. Unfortunately, part of
her inheritance is a different version of the nightmares her parents
and sisters lived while undocumented in the United States.
“She’s worried that, one of these days, we’re not going to be
here. She understands that,” Hernandez said, fi ghting back tears.
“And she knows that sometimes we’re waiting to hear if we have
to leave. She has to live with that fear, too.”
The young adults protected by DACA are often referred to as
“Dreamers,” but Hernandez thinks that label is better suited to
her parents.
“My parents brought me here for a reason, because they
believed that America had more for us. They have always said it
since the day they left,” she said.
Before DACA, Hernandez’s mother would become dismayed
because the twins felt they might have been brought to the U.S.
“for nothing” or, at best, to live as second-class citizens. DACA
protections allow them to live with more freedom and liberty, an
American promise if not necessarily the dream her family traveled
here with. But it all still comes with a sense of foreboding.
“I wouldn’t know how to dream without my parents, but I
demand something more permanent,” she said. “I do not want to
be here again wondering if who knows who will cancel [DACA].
It’s very exhausting. They need to come up with a better plan, a
pathway to citizenship. It’s not going to be easy, but wouldn’t you
want something more permanent?”
Until then, every two years, Hernandez’s heart will be put back
on the DACA scale, and Amemait is salivating.
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