Cover Story Magazine is a monthly printed publication targeted at young, hip, upwardly mobile music fans in the Worcester, Massachusetts regional area. The magazine has been in operation for over a decade and reaches 20,000 readers each month. Pam Eberson1 runs Cover Story from a small office off of Institute Road, with her three full-time employees. Eberson recently suffered a targeted cyberattack that left her computer unusable and her files encrypted and unreadable. She had computer security software installed, but it failed to stop the attack. In this case study, we’ll explore what went wrong and how you can protect yourself from the sort of attack that hit Eberson’s computer.
