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gas statiim, sliele your card through and, uh. the hackers are, and how much damage they ean etc to

oh "Card Declined!" our cpinmunities.

"Not P°»~'»~'ib12/' ya“ think» ”T|us is the That's an example of how vulnerable we all are anol how
company account." we neecl to take steps NOW to protect nuzselvzs and Du!
Yuu get into the ufficz anil place a eall to your bank. Yuur P‘“P°"Y'
account has been raieleol, anal all the mnney is gone. Yes, one example is pelsnnal, one person's account gut
the bank will make it right. But not toalay, anol yD|l still hackeal and money elraineol, the other is a frightening
neeel gas! example of what they can olo if they take over 23 tuwns’
Nut tm-nunvw, either. "'Y5‘°’“” “‘ ""9 “’“°‘

It will lake a while, believe me. First thing they must :10 F‘’'‘'‘ ‘,}‘‘“E V‘?“.“"" 5‘°“'‘‘‘ ‘‘° “he” ’'°“ 3°‘ V°“’ ‘“°“°V
._ _ , . _ back is keep it in the onice sate until yDu teel more

is make sure yDu re not the ime running the soaml . .

eomtonnble about everything (very baal ielea; eriminals

Meanwhile you still neeol gas and by now, so does your steal sates, tool)

"M W“ “E W“ ‘°"'g ‘D d°7 well, okay, what can you do? cyber lnsurancel

Have you seen the recent stories about how 23 .

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,.RamDmwm,, Whmby mg hack“ gflmd mmml an a loa -can vtnrm t eir way into our on me accounts

., _ No matter haw mueh yDu want to stash your money min
DE each uf the 23 towns entire eomputer systems anol _ E kn h b k .
alernanelecl money to release it back to the towns7 “ *“ ‘v Y‘’“ °‘’’ W“ 3” S‘’“““ “V” W 1"“ “ “C ‘“
. _ . the bank eventunlly—lo ineet payroll, fur example. Just
Meanwhile, nnne of the towns involyeal are able to . . , .
. . _ _ like lite won t let us live and dD well withbut eomputers
accept tax Dr utility payments, no ear tags, no water _, 1 , d . _h E
bills, etc, not to mentlnn that all sorts of eonfialential ““Y"‘°"' Y"“ °‘“‘P Y °"‘“ ‘ ’““ “’°.““ P‘V“‘5 “‘ “.’
_ _ _ _ everything. especially since there is an aflmdable option

alata, such as social Secunty numbers, phone numbers pk C b I _

DE residents are pmbnbly vulnerable now. And these 23 ‘ 9 Y 9’ “""“"°" I

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