MWARE TS PROTECTING INFORMATION IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY BY DAN PICHA CYBERSECURITY used to be a worry only large, targeted corporations needed to think about. Then, along came ransomware, and cybersecurity raised itself to the next level. Forbes magazine published an article in October 2021 titled, " The Evolution of Ransomware: Blocking Sophisticated 5th Generation Attacks. " As referenced in the article, ransomware attacks have evolved from criminals sending off phishing emails with malicious links that when clicked would unleash the code to lock files on an individual's computer until small ransoms were paid for them to be unlocked. June 2022 CONDOMEDIA 23