Listeners' Choice: Protection From Ransomware

Thinking Reimagined® with Dr. Ama

Now, more than ever, we leave digital footprints everywhere, and we are more prone to cyber attacks especially as there is an increase in online activities post COVID. Records in 2021 show that about $6 trillion was lost to cybercrime and this could cost the global economy up to $10 trillion in the next 3 years. With ransomware attacks occurring every 11 seconds, there's now an urgent need for protection against threats to destroy or withhold a victim’s critical data unless a ransom is paid to an attacker who often deploys phishing emails, messages with suspicious links, codes or demands to change passwords. In this episode of Thinking Reimagined ®️, Nifemi Oguntoye (Moderator), Nadim Chidac (Chief Operating Officer, coollink.ng), Peter Armand Boyo (Director, Actor, Filmmaker and Brand Ambassador) and Dr. Ama (Founder, Allied Empowerment®️ & Live Abundantly®️) highlight the precautions to take and how to identify exposure to ransomware, while avoiding spooky links, replicated website addresses, and pop-ups, as they confirm that securing our data is as important as securing our homes.