About 9 months ago, my dad called me concerned about a message that he had gotten on his computer at home. My dad and his wife are both retired and live up in a small town in northern Wisconsin.
The message on the screen said that he had a virus on his computer and it provided a phone number to call to get it fixed. How convenient. Turns out he wasn’t as concerned about the message as he was about what he did after he got the message.
By the time my dad had reached out to me, he had already called the number on the message and had paid to have a “tech” on the other end of the line diagnose what was wrong with his computer. My dad was calling to get my thoughts on whether or not he had done the right thing. Turns out he had not.
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Cyber-attacks at work and at home are a growing trend and all indications are that they will continue to grow in numbers and methods. Be sure that you are doing all that you can to protect yourself and your business.
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