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Fighting off cyberscammers
By Tom Purcell
Everyone is at risk of being scammed now.
The recent ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline was a wakeup call for everyone in America.
Ransomware is malicious software that cyberscammers use to encrypt a company’s or individual’s data and block access to it until a hefty sum of money is paid.
Google the words “ransomware attack” and you’ll see a sizable list of big companies and entire cities that have been completely shut down by increasingly sophi...