Ransomware attacks are a nightmare for business executives. Within the last couple of months, hackers were able to shut down the Colonial Pipeline and disrupt operations at meatpacker JBS Foods, disrupting the economy and inconveniencing millions of customers.
When many enterprise leaders think about ransomware, they see dollars and data loss. While both are reasonable concerns, new research from Boston-based Cybereason, which develops attack protection, shows that the impact from ransomware attacks is far greater than a mere money hit, even if the loss of financial resources can be painful.
