The FBI received nearly 800,000 cybercrime complaints last year. That’s a 70% increase over the year before.
Losses totaled more than $4.1 billion. A threat expert with the security firm CLA says there are a lot of ways you can be attacked or exploited while there are also a number of ways you can defend yourself or your business from these intrusions. Here some professional tips for farmers. Use strong passwords of eight to 64 alphanumeric characters along with special characters like @ or &. Never write them down and store near your device. Install anti-virus software.
Perform daily full system scans. And create a periodic system backup schedule. It’s advice which may sound familiar because it’s not just for ag producers but all of us.
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