Phishmael & Friendsransomware
Hold the Reef to Ransom
The Reef Library goes dark: every book, photo and history file is locked, and Lurena wants a thousand sand dollars. Reef News covers the countdown, but Octavia has a secret weapon: a backup in a drawer.
Today's rule: Back it up before you need it.
What kids learn
- Ransomware locks files and asks for money
- A backup is a spare copy, kept somewhere else
- Turn on automatic backups with a grown-up
Quiz time
Can you get them all?
What is a backup?
Your files are locked and someone wants money. What's best?
For parents & teachers
Talk about it together
- Explain ransomware simply: a nasty program that locks files and asks for money.
- Turn on automatic backups (cloud and, for important files, an external drive kept unplugged).
- Keep devices updated and be careful with unexpected attachments.
- Paying doesn't guarantee files come back; a backup does.
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Ransomware and Backups, Explained for Families
Ransomware locks files and demands payment to unlock them. It often arrives through an unexpected attachment or link.
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