Here’s a pro tip for “The IT Guy” or MSP whose customer has just been hit with ransomware, when it was their responsibility to protect against it:
No matter how strongly you may feel about this issue, when your client is contemplating possibly paying the ransom to get their network recovered (and, save themselves from imminent bankruptcy), that is NOT THE TIME TO GET ALL SANCTIMONIOUS ABOUT “NEGOTIATING WITH EXTORTIONISTS!”
Got it???
SEE ALSO: URGENT MEMO TO “THE IT GUY” RE: #RANSOMWARE
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Published by Shawn E. Tuma
Shawn Tuma is an attorney who is internationally recognized in cybersecurity, computer fraud and data privacy law, areas in which he has practiced for nearly two decades. He is a Partner at Spencer Fane, LLP where he regularly serves as outside cybersecurity and privacy counsel to a wide range of companies from small to midsized businesses to Fortune 100 enterprises. You can reach Shawn by telephone at 972.324.0317 or email him at stuma@spencerfane.com.
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