The issue is currently localized to NAS units running non-updated versions of DSM 4.3, but Synology is investigating if the hack works on DSM 5.0 as well.

There's no guarantee of your data being held for ransom again. It decrypts that data only upon payment of that money. Ie buy a 2 buy unit, then upgrade to a 4 bay and then a few years later to a faster unit would blocked licence Synology email support, while never fast, have always been very helpful and worked to resolve issues Ive had over the years.Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM), the company's in-house NAS operating system, is vulnerable to a CryptoLocker hack, which the company is referring to as 'SynoLocker.' The nature of how NAS units get infected by this hack is unknown, but when it is, the malware encrypts portion of data stored on your NAS volumes, and holds it for ransom, for 0.6 BTC (US $350 as of now). The SS8 changes more impact home users who may upgrade a bit more often. Synology License Hack I was looking at a rs2146 and 46 more additional licenses if my trial is successful, but this makes one wonder about the support.įor a point solution like that, youll be fine and not run into licence issues, unless you plan on changing the NAS hardware on a regular basis. UPDATE Synology now limits the licence to ONE device, from the page as of. So synology, how come this change hasnt been advised to end users and what about old licences that had been brought before you made these changes to the terms If Synology are going to put such heavy restrictions on the camera licences, then they need to slash the prices Not happy at all. If there are more than one Synology product under the CMS setup, the included device license can be shared among the CMS cluster.

License migration count is restricted to one since Surveillance Station 8.0.

Note: Online connectivity is required for license activation. The license key can only be applied to one Synology product, however to satisfy special requirements from users, each license key can be migrated once. An installation wizard will guide you through adding device licenses into Surveillance Station.

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