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Part 1: Your Business Wasn't Targeted. It Was Available.

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Part 1: Your Business Wasn't Targeted. It Was Available.

When a big company gets hacked, the coverage almost always follows the same script. Someone chose them. Someone had a reason. There was a plan. It's presented like a heist movie where the villain spent months casing the joint before ...

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