What to Do When Your Business Gets Hacked

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Oklahoma law requires any business that exposes a resident’s personal information in a data breach to notify the state Attorney General’s office without unreasonable delay, a deadline most Broken Arrow and Tulsa business owners only learn about after they’ve already been hacked. That legal clock…

Can’t Access Files After Ransomware? Here Is What to Do First

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If you can’t access files after ransomware has locked your systems, the actions you take in the first hour shape everything that follows. The screen may show a ransom note, your documents may carry strange new extensions, and the instinct is to either pay immediately…

Boss Asking for Gift Cards Email? Here Is Why It Is Almost Always a Scam

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A boss asking for gift cards email is one of the most common workplace scams in the country, and it almost never comes from your actual boss. The message usually arrives marked urgent, asks you to buy several gift cards for a client, a reward,…

Employee Clicked Phishing Link? Do This Right Now

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If an employee clicked phishing link content in a work email, the first ten minutes matter far more than the panic that comes with them. The instinct is to scold, to hide it, or to hope nothing happened. None of those reactions help. What helps…