Josh Lamont poses for a photo in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday, March 13, 2019. A cyberattack that leads to down time and lost data can be costly for small companies. Lamont, whose Social Security number was stolen five years ago when he became a joint depositor on his mother's account, has been taking steps to make his business more secure, among them obtaining an Employer Identification Number from the IRS to be used on business accounts instead of his Social Security numbers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
NEW YORK: When cyberthieves attacked Empire Industries’ computer network, technology manager Rich Shemanskis could see files in the process of being infected by malicious software.
“We were looking at the network, and I noticed it, and another guy noticed it. We’re looking at the files and watching them change,” Shemanskis recalls about the attack three years ago.
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