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EPISODE · Aug 31, 2026 · 52 MIN

Backups Don't REALLY Protect You From RANSOMWARE! What To Do Next

from Cyber Crime Junkies · host Cyber Crime Junkies. Host David Mauro.

Discover the limitations of backup plans in disaster recovery and learn why they may not be enough to ensure business continuity. Explore the importance of having a comprehensive recovery strategy that goes beyond just backups. Understand the risks and consequences of relying solely on backup plans and find out what you can do to improve your organization's resilience.Chapters00:00 Welcome: Why Having Backups Is Not the Same as Being Recovered02:00 RPO vs RTO Explained: How Much Data Loss Can Your Business Survive04:50 The Real Cost of Cheap IT and Why the CFO Needs to Be in This Conversation06:45 Backup vs Business Continuity: What Leaders Are Actually Paying For09:00 The Gap Nobody Talks About: Blind Trust and Untested Backups11:30 Ransomware Is Organized Crime: Profit Sharing, Shift Changes, and Dark Web Toolkits14:00 City of Florence Alabama: How a $330,000 Ransom Unfolded Step by Step18:00 Same Attack, Different Outcome: Why the Packaging Company Paid Nothing19:30 Immutable Backups Explained: What Happens When Hackers Target Your Backups First22:00 Questions Every Leader Should Ask Their IT Provider About Backup Hardening24:30 AI Has Changed Phishing Forever: Why Old Security Training No Longer Works26:00 Cloud Disaster Recovery in Practice: The Tire Company That Burned to the Ground29:00 WannaCry, Local Hospitals, and the Ransomware Stories Nobody Publicizes32:00 Healthcare on Paper: When Systems Go Down and Nobody Knows the Old Way35:00 What Downtime Actually Costs: Lost Revenue, Idle Staff, Lawsuits, and Reputation39:00 Your 90-Day Recovery Readiness Plan: Assessment, Testing, and Documentation41:30 The Mindset Shift: Making Your IT Provider Part of Your Business StrategyQuestions? Text our Studio direct. We read these and when helpful we give a special shout out for those to contact us.True crime enters our homes and businesses daily. Learn from actual people who fight it daily and show you how in a thriller story. The Moving Target Trilogy. Book 3 to be released September 22nd, 2026. Start with any of them. Be a Moving Target.Special Author pricing (30% off) The Moving Target Trilogy. Book 3 to be released September 22nd, 2026. Start with any of them. Be a Moving Target.Special Author pricing (30% off) Growth without Interruption. Get peace of mind. Stay Competitive-Get NetGain. Contact NetGain today at 844-777-6278 or reach out at [email protected] or find more at www.NETGAINIT.com   Support the showWant to Watch? Subscribe and stop reading about it after it happens: https://www.youtube.com/@CyberCrimeJunkies?sub_confirmation=1Hosted by David Dean Mauro. Former trial lawyer, AI Security Advisor, FBI InfraGard member, VP of Strategic Growth at NetGain Technologies, and author of the Moving Target Trilogy (#1 Amazon Hot New Release, 2026).MOVING TARGET TRILOGY. Nonfiction cybercrime thrillers. 🔥 4 years. 400+ interviews.Book 1, Art of Online Camouflage: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=d0YQ1pYtxeBRmSQLHLb9uT4aOliPrEuDSfOjQgpXQP9Book 2, Obedient Machine: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=S3F9zWWMC2y2eYiTmUGP91Owy9AUVG4zbLa6NwuX3clBook 3, The Ghost and The Machine. Presale open now, releases September 22, 2026: https://a.co/d/027LCoh6Special edition hardcover, $17.76 for subscribers (30% off).Want To Read True Crime Stories? Chaos Brief newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-chaos-brief-694145911...

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Discover the limitations of backup plans in disaster recovery and learn why they may not be enough to ensure business continuity. Explore the importance of having a comprehensive recovery strategy that goes beyond just backups. Understand the risks and consequences of relying solely on backup plans and find out what you can do to improve your organization's resilience. Chapters 00:00 Welcome: Why Having Backups Is Not the Same as Being Recovered02:00 RPO vs RTO Explained: How Much Data Loss C...

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