What can small businesses — especially those operating on the web — learn from the latest ransomware attacks.
Recently, hackers dispatched ransomware called WannaCrypt. When it was opened on computers, it locked users from accessing necessary data. The only way to unlock the hack was to pay a ransom via Bitcoin.
More than 200,000 computers in 150 countries were affected by WannaCrypt. Friday is being dubbed the day the earth was hacked; the impact was so widespread. The biggest impacts were in England, where computers in the public Health Ministry were hacked. Patients were denied access to emergency room services. And some surgeries had to be rescheduled.
