6 CYBER EXTORTION
What do you do when someone you don’t know online threatens to harm your family or destroy your business? They are serious threats; how often does someone get threats like these in the real world? Not often.
Today, everything has changed. The internet has opened the flood gates for cyber extortion. Individuals are attacked en masse in their homes and their organisations. Businesses are increasingly targeted. It has never been so easy to extort someone. The financial and emotional costs are high for victims.
Individuals and organisations are often not prepared well enough for cyber extortion attacks. They fall victim and face a tough choice – do they pay the ransom or not?
This chapter will prepare you to deal with cyber ...
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