Recovering From a Ransomware Attack
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2025 9:47 am
Ransomware is one of the most common cybersecurity threats facing businesses and the general public alike; from 2018 to 2019, ransomware attacks increased by nearly 500 percent. Attackers compromise IT systems and accounts before locking out the rightful owners, ransoming access to the account. Unfortunately, paying this ransom is not a guarantee that an attacker will keep their word.
Furthermore, Ransomware attacks like these can wipe out country email list confidential client files in minutes, and account for nearly 20 percent of all cybercrime incidents, according to a report from Accenture Security. As more Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) and bookkeepers make the switch to cloud-based systems of all kinds, concerns about ransomware remain a top-of-mind issue.
For Geni Whitehouse, she had moved vital client data off her own servers thinking it would prevent these types of attacks. This included spreadsheets, copies of legal documents, invoices and all the supporting work done since the start of the client relationship. She had found trying to stay on top of data security best practices to safeguard this data, became increasingly difficult for her small practice to manage. The resources of cloud storage providers were supposed to be superior to those of individual users.
Furthermore, Ransomware attacks like these can wipe out country email list confidential client files in minutes, and account for nearly 20 percent of all cybercrime incidents, according to a report from Accenture Security. As more Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) and bookkeepers make the switch to cloud-based systems of all kinds, concerns about ransomware remain a top-of-mind issue.
For Geni Whitehouse, she had moved vital client data off her own servers thinking it would prevent these types of attacks. This included spreadsheets, copies of legal documents, invoices and all the supporting work done since the start of the client relationship. She had found trying to stay on top of data security best practices to safeguard this data, became increasingly difficult for her small practice to manage. The resources of cloud storage providers were supposed to be superior to those of individual users.