Michael Hiltzik: He Spent 24 Years Building His Business. A Ransomware Attack Blew It to Smithereens

Michael Hiltzik: He Spent 24 Years Building His Business. A Ransomware Attack Blew It to Smithereens
A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
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By Michael Hiltzik From Los Angeles Times

Fran Finnegan was on vacation in New York just before the Fourth of July weekend when he received a disturbing text message from one of his customers: How come his website was down?