23-04-2020 23:31 via ocregister.com

Cyberattacks continue amid COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people to work from home on computers that aren’t as well protected from cyberattacks, and industry experts are warning users to proceed with caution.
But regardless of whether someone is working from home or the office, the threat is there.
The city of Torrance found that out the hard way when it fell victim to a ransomware attack on March 1. Ransomware is malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a specified sum of money
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