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Ransomware Attacks - What You Can Do to Protect Your Studio The recent high profile ransomware attacks on Colonial Pipeline and other major infrastructure companies have raised awareness of this type of catastrophic cyber threat for businesses of all sizes, including small businesses across the nation. Compromising and holding ransom critical business financial data, ransomware also affects sensitive customer data, including credit card information, social security data, and countless other areas of personal identity information. Ransomware is a specific type of malware that hold your critical company information hostage until you pay the ransom to get it back - more often than not by means of bitcoin or similar digital currency operating outside normal banking channels. Ransomware is critical in another way: it is easily downloaded and installed on your office or personal network by means of infected emails and compromised websites - often websites you have come to rely on and trust, including websites belonging to vendors and colleagues with whom you interact regularly. Small Businesses. Big Money. When ransomware makes the news, it's usually about big businesses at the national and international level. But malicious ransomware distributors don't care what size business you are. Small businesses are particularly vulnerable since they have minimal computer security and oftentimes limited network firewalls in place. Network servers in small businesses are particularly vulnerable since backups are few and far between, and security patches are months out of date. And once you've been the victim of a ransomware attack, the cost of downtime and lost data can [...]