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Ransomware
Malicious software that encrypts a business's files and demands payment for the key, usually after stealing a copy of them first.
What ransomware means in practice
Modern ransomware attacks a business twice. The encryption stops you trading, and the copy taken beforehand is used as leverage even if you restore cleanly from backup. That second half is why "we have backups" is no longer a complete answer.
What actually limits the damage is dull and it is decided before the attack. Backups held somewhere the attacker cannot reach from the same login, tested restores so you know how long recovery takes, MFA on every account, and patching. Paying is not a plan: it funds the next attack, there is no obligation on the other side to hand over a working key, and the stolen copy is already gone.
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