Lake County takes precautions after ransomware attack shuts down email server for more than 2 weeks

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Date published: September 13, 2019Chicago Tribune"But, depending on the type of data that is at stake or the consequences of not recovering data can complicate a ransomware attack, said Scott Shackelford, chair of the Cybersecurity Program at the Kelley School of Business for Indiana University, in an email.

For example, if a hospital administrator’s computer is compromised, and lives are at stake, “then options are limited,” he said.