Danish CEO’s Lessons From Ransomware Bankruptcy: Cyber Bulletin

What happens when a small business can’t afford a ransomware payment? But first…

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The Cyber Angle

Martin Haslund Johansson had been the chief executive of two small Danish web hosting firms for nine months when a ransomware attack destroyed the websites and email systems of hundreds of his clients, ultimately bankrupting his companies.

When we met last week in Copenhagen, where I was attending a cybersecurity conference, he ...