I wish I could say that I only lost 2 files because I was so on top of things with backups and all the stuff that goes along with having the perfect IT environment. However, that is the farthest thing from reality. For those who believe it luck, it was the most ridiculously lucky break ever. For those of you who believe in God (like I do), it was by God's mercy alone.
Tuesday I receive a call from the publishing department that when they try to open some of their files on the network share, Excel says its corrupted. My stomach turned over. So, I took a quick peak and see that it is more than just one and word documents want you to define what character encoding they are using when you try to open them. Since Cryptolocker has been floating around in my head for months nagging at me to button down the hatches, I sprang into action and we...