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NASCAR Team Pays Ransomware Fee to Recover Its Critical Files

By CircleID Reporter

NASCAR team Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing (CSLFR) disclosed today a ransomware infection incident that took place in April and nearly caused losing access to critical files worth about $2 million. Files included car parts lists and custom high-profile simulations that would have taken 1,500 man-hours to replicate. “The infection took place on the computer belonging to Dave Winston, CSLFR’s crew chief. Winston’s staff detected the infection when encrypted files from Winston’s computer began syncing to their joint Dropbox account… having no backups of the infected computer, Winston said they eventually had to pay the ransom.”

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