The manufacturing sector faces a high risk of ransomware attacks and is seen as a high value target by hackers. For some manufacturing facilities, files are only stored locally and this can increase the risk and leave a manufacturing facility largely unable to defend itself against ransomware threats.
Ransomware is malware which encrypts files on your system, and demands payment in exchange for the decryption key. Such malware usually spreads by getting you to click on email attachments or websites that try to install it onto your system. For this reason manufacturing companies should be wary about clicking on unsolicited emails and suspicious…
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