You might have heard of ransomware before—maybe even seen stories of people or businesses getting locked out of their own files unless they pay up. Well, brace yourself because ransomware attacks kept their momentum going from Q2 to Q3/2024, doubling the attacks compared to the previous quarter. That’s right, they’ve become even more common.   

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