Cyber Extortion and Ransomware: Would Your Brokerage Survive a Lockout?
Introduction: Held Hostage by Hackers Imagine coming into work, logging into your system, and instead of your usual dashboard, you see a flashing ransom demand for $500,000. Your client records, loan applications, and entire CRM are locked. No way in. No backup. Just a hacker demanding money—or they’ll wipe everything. This isn’t a worst-case scenario; it’s happening right now to
