to target health-care care companies. >> zeppelin ransomware surfaced in 2019 is now growing.estigators say scammers will spend weeks trying to hack into their victim's networks. in some cases, they will find a glitch, use that to access your software, then use it to blackmail you. or, you get a go email like this. this email will threaten victims that their company has been hacked and if the ransom is not paid through bitcoin, confidential files will be leaked. >> this is not something you can pay your way out of. >> never pay the ransom. if you do, you are twice as likely to be hit with another attack within six months. >> surveys show 80% of businesses who paid were hit again. >> most criminal operations are operating overseas including russia. some are traced to china. what can you do? >> whenever you log into any of your devices. >> update your software and be sure your data is backed up. >> all of the new variance of ransomware will try to find your backups. >> if you believe you have been a victim, you can file a report to the fbi. >> if you have a story for the abc7new

the area companies about a recent ransomware threat known as zeppelin. the warning was issued by the fbi and the cybersecurity and infrastructure agency zeppelin actors have been known to request ransom payments in bitcoin, with initial amounts ranging from several $1000 to more than a million dollars. authorities say companies in the health care industry have been targeted the most today marks the first national fentanyl prevention and awareness day families affected by the opioid crisis gathered in san francisco to share heartbreaking stories. and as ktvu is greg liggins reports there are also calling for action. this is my son, daniel dale. tammy nilis flew in from san diego to join other moms who've lost sons and daughters. he was found dead on may 7th of the fentanyl overdose . her son did not die in san francisco, but more than 2100. others have since 2019 according to mothers against drug deaths, the group rallied on the steps of san francisco city hall sunday. to recognize national fentanyl prevention and awareness day while people are dying nati

in a moment, the industry that's being targeted by the zeppelin ransomware. large out-of-state corporations have set their sights on california. they've written prop 27, to allow online sports betting. they tell us it will fund programs for the homeless. but read prop 27's fine print. 90% of profits go to out-of-state corporations, leaving almost nothing for the homeless. no real jobs are created here. but the promise between our state and our sovereign tribes would be broken forever. these out-of-state corporations don't care about california. but we do. stand with us. warning a new ransomware threat , the fbi and cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency is warning all bay area companies about increasing ransomware cyber attacks known as zeppelin. often the criminals demand bitcoin payments of thousands or more than a million dollars once the ransom is paid. the victims expect promised codes to restore their data. there is no honor amongst thieves. when victim companies pay the ransom only one out of every four times do they get the key and unlocks a

the agency said the attacks using zeppelin malware is growing with health care and medical industries be especially vulnerable. >>> a live look in san francisco. bay area house speaker nancy pelosi will join leaders for a roundtable discussion on hunger and food insecurity ahead of the upcoming white house conference on hunger, nutrition and health. the meeting takes place at the san francisco marin food bank starting at 1:00 p.m. pelosi is planning to stream the event from her website. >>> the white house could announce major changes to the federal student loan as soon as this week. >> they run out of time, scott. >> absolutely. because the suspension of federal student loan payments set to end september 1. that's ten days away. to remind you student loan payments were suspended by the trump administration because of covid and then again and again and then the biden administration suspended them even further. we have been expecting for a very long president biden would announce at least a portion of those loans forgiven altogether. he made it a campaign promise but forgiveness or not

the attack is called zeppelin, and it is big enough that the fbi and department of homeland securityking into it. the target is companies, particularly healthcare companies and investigators say that hackers have figured out that at-home employees are a great way in. >> if you are a parent working from home, and you are on your home router and your teenage kids are doing their homework from the home router, there is a lot of attack surface for these criminals to go after. >> experts say that if you do work from home, be extra suspicious of links and addresses you don't recognize. if they are unfamiliar, don't open them. >>> if you want your tesla to drive itself, you are going to have to pay even more. elon musk has announced a 25% increase in price for the false self-driving version. that increase takes effect september 5th. tesla is also offering a $199 monthly subscription for the service. >>> a fine dining finale. the chef behind the only three- star dining spot is stepping away. david finch in los gatos is retiring. last time we talked to the chef, he was about to reopen the res

these are warning bay area companies about a recent ransomware threat known as zeppelin. the warning was issued by the fbi and the cybersecurity and infrastructure agency zeppelin actors have been known to request a ransom payments in bitcoin, with initial amounts ranging from several $1000 to more than a million dollars. authorities say companies in the health care industry have been targeted the most millions of people all around the world are dealing with extreme heat this summer and record drought. ktvu tom vacar reports. the situation is worsening a lot quicker than most people think. so called extreme heat happens when 100 degree plus temperatures combined with lack of wind and shade and ground cover in the presence of higher humidities. the first street foundation recently released a professionally reviewed and approved study about global warming and extreme heat. and that happens you actually end up with these heat island effects where those things are hotter, and they're radiating heat hotter than the actual temperature outside. so you feel a much different tempe

if you will, zeppelin ransomware can both hide or steal a victim's data, rendering it useless. often the criminals demand bitcoin payments of thousands to more than a million dollars if victim company can get us involved soon enough that we can do a good job of doing, you know, blockchain analysis and tracking where those funds go, even if they go through, uh, money laundering services called mixers or templars once ransom is at actually paid. the victims expect promised codes to restore their data. there is no honor amongst thieves. when victim companies pay the ransom only one out of every four times do they get the key and unlocks all of their data? ziplines creators have now begun leasing their ransom miller to other cybercriminals who might have other incentives such as terrorism, financial destabilization or out and out anarchy they can sell, potentially sell that data to other hackers to say. hey we made you know a million dollars off this organization will sell this to you for an x amount and since attackers often bounce their crimes through legitimate servers and compu

they're kind of cyberport, but they're you know, financially rich if you will, zeppelin ransomware can both hide or steal a victim's data, rendering it useless. often the criminals demand bitcoin payments of thousands to more than a million dollars. victim company can get us involved soon enough that we can do a good job of doing, you know, black chain analysis and tracking where those funds go, even if they go through, uh, money laundering services called mixers or templars once ransom is actually paid. the victims expect promised codes to restore their data. there is no honor amongst thieves. when victim companies pay the ransom only one out of every four times do they get the key and unlocks all of their data? ziplines creators have now begun leasing their ransom alert to other cybercriminals who might have other incentives such as terrorism, financial destabilization or out and out anarchy they can sell, potentially sell that data to other hackers to say, hey, we made, you know a million dollars off this organization. will sell this to you for an x amount and since attackers often

the hack is called zeppelin. it has become big enough that the fbi and homeland security are investigating. it targets companies, particularly, healthcare companies. investigators say that hackers have figured out that at-home employees are a great way to wiggle their way in. >> if you are a parent working from home and you are on your home router and your teenage kids are doing their homework from the home router, there is a lot of attack surface for these criminals to go after. >> reporter: cybersecurity experts say if you do work from home, try to be extra suspicious of any email addresses and web links that you don't record guys . if they are unfamiliar, do not click on them. >> he said a frazzled parent working from home was teenagers. that applies to everyone. >>> a lot of folks are starting to head back to work for the full deal along with those kids going back to school, so we are going to get you all good to go on that as we bring you into our microclimate forecast. you can see the fog heading back right

it is called led zeppelin, and unlike the band, it's not delivering a whole lot of love, it's infecting networks and the hackers behind it are demanding as much is $1 million to get your data back. >> it has been really active lately. >> reporter: selective, the fbi and department of homeland security are involved, warning of the newest target, companies with employees working from home. >> if you are working from home and you're on your home router and your teenage kids are doing their homework from the home router, there is a lot of attack surface for these criminals to go after. >> reporter: the goal, to make as much money as possible, and the criminals have found a new front door, your house and your employers technology. >> people at home may not be able to cough up the money for rent somewhere but they are utilized as a pivot point. >> reporter: private code president kristi johnson says workers at home make a tempting target. >> there more comfortable at home, so you are not necessarily following all the best practices that you would if you are in an office environment. >> report

. >> running rampant bay area businesses be aware of zeppelin ransomware, according to the fbi, san francisco and the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency or cessa the last 2 years have seen a tremendous uptick in attacks from these believe there's about 2.4 billion dollars worth of damages caused by rats more attacks last year. i'm very confident, unfortunately that we're going to surpass that number. this year's special agent, elvis chan believes we may be close to 3 billion dollars in damages by the end of 2022. >> bay area companies in the healthcare industry are particularly at risk and traditionally target hospitals with targeted because they. >> they they're they're example like a target. rich inside were poor. kind a systems breaches happen users are utilizing organizations are utilizing old out software. but they aren't the only ones. earlier this year we reported on the forty-niners being hit by hackers claiming to have stolen the team's financial data. >> the bay area's transportation sector education sector university and intermediate levels as what was it, companies a

the fbi says the zeppelin ransomware has been used, particularly to target the healthcare industry.orkers at a starbucks in berkeley have voted to unionize california chapter of starbucks workers, united says the workers at the shattuck avenue store voted 12 to 6 in favor of joining the union. this comes just a week after starbucks in san francisco became the first in the city to unionize. there are now 60 locations in california, where workers have voted in favor of joining a union on customer we spoke with this morning, said that she supports the workers who want to unionize. that's actually really incredible. i think that a lot of people who are deemed like necessary and like heroic employees during the pandemic have really gotten the short end of the stick in terms of like benefits in terms of getting a fair wage for the amount of work and the risk that they put themselves in. i think it was just a matter of time before this started happening. we did reach out to starbucks for a reaction to the unionizing efforts at the berkeley starbucks. they sent us a statement that reads in

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i don't know how it's gonna be when we're, when roger throw place led zeppelin. field house was in. it has another bright foam brush over to the phone to alert. you can find almost nothing mostly military areas. so there may be for us as a journal, as you said, maybe we can play minor or something. they are hoping for a jobs miracle. the reality though is green, even though there shaver is growing little is happening around it. the next morning we find out why, from one of the desert regions, most knowledgeable experts at ben gory on university in bear shaver, the odin ro, face studies urban development in the neg f. desert. even finding a job in the negative is still difficult. he explains, the desert is still not sufficiently connected. he is the classical papers because it's true you can get from here to the center in one hour. but from here to all the settlements around it, it's much more, more difficult. so the interconnectivity within the metropolitan area has to be improved significantly. and not only by buses, you have to have the real world railroad working much, much bette

. >> running rampant bay area businesses be aware of zeppelin ransomware, according to the fbi, san francisco and the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency or cessa the last 2 years have seen a tremendous uptick in attacks from these believe there's about 2.4 billion dollars worth of damages caused by rats more attacks last year. i'm very confident, unfortunately that we're going to surpass that number. this year's special agent, elvis chan believes we may be close to 3 billion dollars in damages by the end of 2022. >> bay area companies in the healthcare industry are particularly at risk and traditionally target hospitals been targeted because they. >> they they're they're example like a target. rich inside were poor. kind a systems breaches happen because users are utilizing organizations are utilizing old out software, but they aren't the only ones earlier this year we reported on the forty-niners being hit by hackers claiming to have stolen the team's financial data. >> the bay area's transportation sector education sector university and intermediate levels as what was it, comp

but as a criminal m e survey, they've been doing with many others zeppelin, leach, i'm worried that they'll put him on trial. it is using all these lies. and from the top of the evidence shifts, yes. will you freak? according to ukraine security service over 7000 ukrainians have now been taken as prisoners of war by russian forces. the security service is collecting as much information as possible, but its work is highly confidential. so it turned down our interview requests. however, an attorney representing 50 families of p o w's was prepared to talk to us bloody slough. ignore tiff works closely with the security service, trying to bring the p o w 's back home. i see, he thinks russia will be accusing more and more ukrainian soldiers of being nazis or committing other invented crimes. i think this is, sir, this is done mostly for their political purposes. when you create such an, you know, importance of the person who's gray nazis, you know, you may use it to in, in their political, you know, trait maxime parents are determined not to let that happen. so they have filed an emergency appe

now, europe and neighboring regents faced the tread of radiation pollution on us a will, through zeppelin bought new r a former western partners instead of condemning their ukrainian mentees are supplying them with more and more new types of weapons which reach areas which keep could not previously reach them and doing this, they are becoming accomplishes in crimes against a civilian population. with israel says it can't accept a revival of the 2015 nuclear deal with iran. warning will be used to destabilize the world. it follows accusation some iran's nuclear chief. israel has been waging what he calls psychological warfare to cyber charge, a return to the agreement. iran has denied us media reports that it's dropped some of its key demands. under the deal, iran agreed to limit us nuclear program and return for the easing of international sanctions. as being renewed fighting between ethiopian government forces and troops from the northern region of to crime ending a months long cease fire, the indian government says its army shot down a plane carrying weapons to decry which entered ethio

on the solution zeppelin, we bought it new, our former western partners instead of condemning their ukrainian mentees are supplying them with more and more new types of weapons which reach areas which keep could not previously reach them and doing this, they are becoming accomplishes in crimes against a civilian population, when in israel says it can't accept a revival of the 2015 nuclear deal with iran. warney a will be used to destabilize the world. it follows accusation summer arms nuclear chief, that israel has been waging what he calls psychological warfare to sabotage. return to the agreement, iran's denied us media reports that it dropped some of its key demands. under the deal, iran agreed to limit its nuclear program in return for the easing of international sanctions. as been renewed fighting between ethiopian government forces and troops from the northern region of decry, ending a months long cease fire. the ethiopian government says its army shot down a plane carrying weapons to cray, which entered ethiopian air space from neighboring sudan. the exact location where the plane was

types of weapons in belie roof granting, official se rushes fired rockets at 3 tons close to the zeppelin. she nuclear plant injuring at least 4 people. europe's largest nuclear sites come under repeated shelling in recent weeks, raising fears of a disaster. it's been under russian control since march. the 2 sides blame each other. the attacks last has requested a un security council meeting to discuss the situation at the plant. people across the river from the plant say the continued shelling is extremely dangerous. sure, the mobile says in, in general, it was one reactor. here, there are 6, it could be more than 6 times bigger. it no ship a, he all will die, not only us in ukraine, the whole earth will die because this is very serious. here, there are 6 blocks. the un secretary general is calling for more efforts to guarantee the safety of ukraine's nuclear facilities. the same commitment to dialogue and results must be applied to the critical situation at the support of the nuclear power plants. id affirm that united nations, as he knew, crane the logistics and security capacities to

cyber attacks known as zeppelin.inals demand bitcoin payments of thousands to more than a million dollars once the ransom is paid. the victims expect promised codes to restore their data. there is no honor amongst thieves. when victim companies pay the ransom only one out of every four times do they get the key and unlocks all of their data? the fbi says the zeppelin ransomware has been used, particularly to target the healthca. tesla ceo elon mask has made another move in an attempt to pull out of the deal to buy twitter mask subpoenaed former twitter ceo jack dorsey as part of an effort to back out of his $44 billion agreement to acquire the company , elon musk wants out because he claims twitter failed to provide adequate information about the number of fake twitter accounts. twitter and mask are headed for an october trial, which will likely determine the fate of the merger. a davis man is making a splash in the sport of water polo. he says he may be the oldest water polo player in the world. 86 year old mark bra

whoever is behind zeppelin has already made ransom demands.payments in bitcoin with values ranging from several $1000 to more than a million dollars. authorities say the most frequent targets have been companies in the health care industry. california's unemployment rate is now at a record low of 3.9% in july, california outperformed the rest of the country with nearly 85,000 new hires, and that's despite an overall weak economy . economists say it every other downturn. jobs have also gone down, except this time. virtually all of the other economic indicators have been going in the other direction. housing sales down consumer sentiment down small business confidence down now california has regained all of the two million jobs lost during the pandemic. impulse shopping appears to be just as widespread as ever in the us even with inflation near 40 year high survey by slick deals dot net, a community that reviews and rates offer says three out of four people make most of their purchase purchases spontaneously . now according to the report, the av

. >> zeppelin has been on top of mind because they like to target alternate sector companies. >> it firstsay scammers will spend weeks trying to hack into their victim's computer networks and in some cases, they will find a glitch and use that to access your computer software and your personal data and then use it to blackmail you. or you will get an email like this. >> to email also known as a phishing attempt will threaten victims that the company has been hacked and if the ransom is not paid often through digital currency like bitcoin, confidential files will be leaked. >> this is not something you can pay your way out of. >> never pay the ransom. if you do, you are twice as likely to be hit with another cyberattack in six months. >> a recent survey shows 80% of businesses that were paid a ransom were also hit against. >> most of the criminal organizations are operating overseas. even some are traced to cyber espionage groups in china. so what can you do to protect yourself? >> whenever you are logging into any of your devices or computer network. >> regularly update your software and

robert from led zeppelin wanted to sing like ray charles. >> i always thought new york state of mindt know if ray would be able to sing it. ♪ some folks like to get away ♪ >> it should be more -- >> did you wear glasses when you play? >> absolutely. but i thought of ray charles singing it in yankee stadium when i was writing the song, yes. >> and were you trying to do some kind of fusion i mean not just ray charles, but in general you have some influence and then you try to meld it into something you were doing? >> well, a lot of times i'm thinking of somebody else other than me singing what i'm writing because i don't like my own voice. i never did. i like to sound like somebody else and i'm thinking of somebody else when i'm writing. i want to conjure up somebody else. that allows me to go in any direction i want as a writer. it gives me a broad pallet. >> do you have a thought as to why your songs have lasted so long? >> they can be sung. almost all of the great music which is still viable today is mostly melodic music that can be sung or hummed or whistled. a lot of atonal music

. >> running rampant bay area businesses be aware of zeppelin ransomware, according to the fbi, san francisco the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency or cessa the last 2 years have seen a tremendous uptick in attacks from these hackers globally. there's about 2.4 billion dollars worth of damages caused by rats more attacks last year. i'm very confident, unfortunately that we're going to surpass that number. this year's special agent, elvis chan believes we may be close to 3 billion dollars in damages by the end of 2022. >> bay area companies in the healthcare industry are particularly at risk and traditionally target hospitals with targeted because they. >> they they're they're example, like a target. rich inside were poor. kind a systems breaches happen because users are utilizing organizations are utilizing old out software, but they aren't the only ones earlier this year we reported on the forty-niners being hit by hackers. >> claiming to have stolen the team's financial data. >> the bay area's transportation sector, education sector university and intermediate levels as what

ransomware in general has trying to ramp bay area businesses be aware of zeppelin ransomware. from these believe there's about 2.4 billion dollars worth of damages caused by rats more attacks last year. i'm very confident, unfortunately that we're going to surpass that number. this year's special agent, elvis chan believes we may be close to 3 billion dollars in damages by the end of 2022. bay area companies in the healthcare industry are particularly at risk and traditionally target hospitals with targeted because they. >> they they're they're example, like a target. rich inside were poor. kind a systems breaches happen users are utilizing or organizations are utilizing old out software. but they aren't the only ones. earlier this year we reported on the forty-niners being hit by hackers claiming to have stolen the team's financial data. >> the bay area's transportation sector, education sector university and intermediate levels as well as it companies are of concern as well. they will send you an email or a text. there's going to be a link in it. you're going to click on the

. >> running rampant bay area businesses be aware of zeppelin ransomware, according to the fbi, san franciscority agency or cessa the last 2 years have seen a tremendous uptick in attacks from these believe there's about 2.4 billion dollars worth of damages caused by rats more attacks last year. i'm very confident, unfortunately that we're going to surpass that number. this year's special agent, elvis chan believes we may be close to 3 billion dollars in damages by the end of 2022. >> bay area companies in the healthcare industry are particularly at risk and traditionally target hospitals with targeted because they. >> they they're they're example like a target. rich inside were poor, kind a systems breaches happen users are utilizing organizations are utilizing old out software. but they aren't the only ones. earlier this year we reported on the forty-niners being hit by hackers claiming to have stolen the team's financial data. >> the bay area's transportation sector education sector university and intermediate levels as what was it, companies are of concern as well. they will send you an e

word out about hackers using fishing tactics to gain control of computer systems with so called zeppelin ransomware. the hackers are known to demand bitcoin payments to give control back to computer users. ransom demands can range from a few $1000 to more than $1 million. some businesses are being targeted more than others in this new surge of attacks, including businesses tied to education, health care and technology. well investigators in san francisco are looking for more information this afternoon about a deadly shooting that happened in the city's mission district happened around 2 30 yesterday morning at michigan 19th streets. when officers arrived, they found four people shot. they were transported to the hospital, where one man later died. no arrests have been made, and police have not yet shared information. about possible motive. mental health workers had kaiser clinics are continuing their strike across northern and central california for an eighth day. now they're striking over working conditions that are causing cancelations and delays for patients who are seeking appointmen

. >> running rampant bay area businesses be aware of zeppelin ransomware, according to the fbi, san franciscok in attacks from these hackers globally. there's about 2.4 billion dollars worth of damages caused by rats more attacks last year. i'm very confident, unfortunately that we're going to surpass that number. this year's special agent, elvis chan believes we may be close to 3 billion dollars in damages by the end of 2022. >> bay area companies in the healthcare industry are particularly at risk and traditionally target hospitals with targeted because they. >> they they're they're example, like a target. rich inside were poor. kind a systems breaches happen because users are utilizing organizations are utilizing old out software, but they aren't the only ones earlier this year we reported on the forty-niners being hit by hackers. >> claiming to have stolen the team's financial data. >> the bay area's transportation sector, education sector university and intermediate levels as what was it, companies are of concern as well. they will send you an email or a text. there's going to be a link

businesses be aware of zeppelin ransomware, according to the fbi, san francisco and the cybersecurity seen a tremendous uptick in attacks from these believe there's about 2.4 billion dollars worth of damages caused by rats more attacks last year. i'm very confident, unfortunately that we're going to surpass that number. this year's special agent, elvis chan believes we may be close to 3 billion dollars in damages by the end of 2022. >> bay area companies in the healthcare industry are particularly at risk and traditionally target hospitals with targeted because they. >> they they're they're example like a target. rich inside were poor. kind a systems breaches happen because users are utilizing or organizations are utilizing old out software, but they aren't the only ones earlier this year we reported on the forty-niners being hit by hackers claiming to have stolen the team's financial data. >> the bay area's transportation sector education sector university and intermediate levels as well as it companies are of concern as well. they will send you an email or a text. there's going to b

but, yeah, i was my father had a great record collection, so i think it probably started out with zeppelinbbath. my first concert was pantera, sepultura, biohazard am i speaking a foreign language, or - [ cheers and applause okay yeah, cool >> seth: so, your wife, sofia vergara, does she care about metal at all >> no. >> seth: yeah. >> no, no, no. [ laughter ] when i go down -- i have a home gym that i built and when i go and work out, i'll put on some metal, aggressive music, and i'll come upstairs and she'll just have this look on her face, like, "you put on the devil music again. [ light laughter ] so she's on board with the whole satan thing, i guess, too. she thinks that satan's coming for me when i work out >> seth: you mentioned you built a gym. we've talked about the other room in your house that is well known in l.a. circles and in d&d circles. this is a true thing you host a d&d night in los angeles. and you have a room for it, right? >> i do. it shares a wall with the gym, which is probably a good microcosm of my whole personality, i think there's this gym and olympic lifting go

authorities are warning bay area companies about a recent ransomware threat that's being called zeppeline fbi says. whoever is behind that one has already made ransom demands. they have demanded payments in bitcoin with values ranging from several $1000 to more than $1 million. authorities say companies in the health care industry have been the most frequent targets. kanye west, who now goes by ye is fighting back against criticism of his latest clothing line. the shirts, hoodies and joggers are all sold in black bags that people say look like garbage bags. some say it marks people who are homeless. yes says their construction bags, and that part of his work is to come up with new ideas not to follow conventional standards. look, man. i'm an innovator. and i'm not here to sit up and apologize about my ideas. that's exactly what the media tries to do. make us apologize for any idea that doesn't fall under. exactly. the way they want us to think. now he adds, his way of selling clothing helps eliminate waste to like hangers and tags. his clothing line is sold at gap stores, and it's sellin