- June 15, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
There’s a pretty good chance that right now, as you’re reading this, at least one business owner in New Hampshire is freaking out over ransomware.
“Yeah, it’s happening daily here – weekly for sure,” said Jason Golden, a partner at Manchester cybersecurity firm Mainstay Technologies.
Ransomware is the catchall term for outsiders getting access to the computer network of a company or organization and locking it down with cryptography, then demanding a ransom to unlock it. It has been around for years but is getting a lot more attention these days due to attacks on big companies like Colonial Pipeline and the beef processor JBS. I was curious about how much it happens to companies in New Hampshire.
The answer: Nobody knows.
There is no data because there’s no requirement that it be reported, and companies understandably won’t publicize their problem unless forced to. But undoubtedly it’s a big and growing problem, here and…
