Forty-four percent of small firms have been hit...
Forty-four percent of small firms have been hit by a cyberattack, said a survey the National Small Business Association released Tuesday. NSBA’s Aug. 14-23 online survey of 845 small-business owners said 59 percent of the cyberattacked respondents had a service…
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interruption, 35 percent had information falsely sent from their domains or email addresses and 19 percent saw their website go down. The average cost associated with such cyberattacks was $8,699, said the survey (http://bit.ly/14fft26). It said 88 percent of respondents back legislation that increases criminal penalties for those convicted of online theft. The growing information technology “reliance” of small firms “makes issues such as cybersecurity, intellectual property protection and a functional online marketplace critically important,” said NSBA CEO Todd McCracken in a news release (http://prn.to/18vsg3O).