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Ransomware, data breach, cyberattack: What do they have to do with your personal information, and how worried should you be?

  • Written by Merrill Warkentin, James J. Rouse Endowed Professor of Information Systems, Mississippi State University
imageCredit bureau Equifax announced in 2017 that the personal information of 143 million Americans – about three-quarters of all adults – had been exposed in a major data breach.AP Photo/Mike Stewart

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