Danny Tang comments on Upstate cyberattacks

Organizations in the Upstate have recently fallen victim to ransomware attacks. Following the latest cyberattack perpetrated against a local megachurch, WYFF News 4 turned to Furman University’s Danny Tang for comment. The university’s associate vice president for technology and chief information officer said, “In the event of a breach, it can be very catastrophic for an organization. People think these attacks happen from some guy in the basement with a screen of code coming down typing away, penetrating some technology with their technical expertise. That’s usually not how this happens. It happens through an email that comes from a malicious actor pretending to be someone that the recipient trusts.”