RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Cyber security experts say they’re seeing an uptick in cyber attacks online.
“It’s high intensity, and we try to bring calm to that storm. We very frequently deal with organizations that have been completely taken down by things like ransomware, or their business has completely lost operations and the ability to function. We work on behalf of them to try and recover systems and get them back online,” Mark Lance, Ransomware Negotiator with GuidePoint Security, said.
Lance’s work schedule is no 9-5 either. He works multiple cases at a time which includes working off-hours in order to be readily available to victims in need, or to negotiate with cyber criminals…