Tuesday started off calmly enough at Faith’s place of employment, but by lunchtime it was over the top. An intern had opened an innocent-looking email attachment that launched a ransomware virus straight into the company’s mainframe. All the files on the server were now either encrypted or missing altogether. The entire company was at a standstill. All hell was breaking loose.
Fortunately for her, she’d asked for and received permission Monday afternoon to back up all Accounting files onto a large-capacity portable thumb drive. Her company’s third-party IT team had been having other issues with the outdated server already, and she’d gotten tired of hearing ‘server’s down again.’ The most recent versions she had of everything she needed were only a half day old.
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