Over the years, cities and municipalities in Florida have been targeted over and over by hackers.
Tallahassee, Sarasota, Riveria, Stuart, Naples, Lake City, Key Biscayne and now the City of Jacksonville Beach have all been in the news for some kind of cyber incident. My last count was seven, but that was a couple of years ago.
Attacks have ranged from spear phishing to ransomware and several other cyber issues — and these are just the ones that have been reported.
The bottom line is we must all continue to shore up our protections and be on the lookout for this kind of thing every second of the day.
As a refresher, spear phishing, which is what allegedly happened in Naples, is a targeted email campaign from a hacker impersonating a reputable company that you would do some kind of business with.
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