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3 Easy Steps to Deal with Ransomware Threats

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In 2020, the number of successful attacks in the health care field more than doubled. It is conservatively estimated that more than 50% of all breaches reported by dental offices over the past two years were due to hacks by ransomware. 1 industry affected by these attacks. Here are a few important facts to consider.

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Keeping Patient and Business Data Safe: Information Security Best Practices

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Fortunately for the practice, no patient or employee information was compromised, and the practice was able to restore most of the lost data without paying the ransom. And in the fall of 2020, a dental practice in Virginia was contacted by assumed hackers who claimed it had infected its computer server with a virus.