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Keeping Your Computers Safe from Ransomware

WSIU Public Broadcasting | By Kevin Boucher
Published April 22, 2021 at 9:17 AM CDT
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On this edition of WSIU InFocus, we hear  about a local county that  had to pay tax dollars to a cybercriminal as ransom, to get their computer data back.  We will also hear from a local computer security expert about how to keep your computers and networks safe.

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