Look at your phone and think about how many apps you have on it, how many email, banking, and social media accounts you are logged into, and whether you decided to load credit cards into Apple or Google Pay.
Now, think about how many passwords you must remember on a given day when using your computer. Did you assign them to a password manager? How complex are they, or are they all the same password?
We live in a digital society, and October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The ongoing ransomware attack at UMC Health System in Lubbock emphasizes the importance of knowing how to protect your data, as once it’s hacked, it’s hard to get back.
Dig Deeper: 2 West Texas healthcare systems impacted by IT outage, 1 confirmed ransomware attack.
What is a ransomware attack?
Erdoğan Doğdum, professor and chair of the Computer Science Department at Angelo State University in the Texas Tech University System, said a ransomware attack is when bad actors come and encrypt your data in a way that it is not accessible to you anymore.