© Marvin Waschke 2017
Marvin WaschkePersonal Cybersecurity10.1007/978-1-4842-2430-4_4

4. Your Computer Is a Target

What Are the Shady Hombres After?
Marvin Waschke
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Bellingham, Washington, USA
 
Don’t be fooled into thinking that your personal devices and data are safe because they are not as tempting as business computer systems . Unless your data is uniquely desirable, it is true that your personal smartphones, tablets, laptops , and desktops are not as rich a target as corporate servers that hold payment card information for millions of customers, myriad personnel records, employee health data, and proprietary documents to sell on the black market . Businesses will pay large ransoms when profitable business is slowed or halted by a clever hacker ...

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