This is the truly scary part of a cyberattack.

No dark-mode styles — this email renders the same in a dark client.

Spoiler: It’s almost never the immediate damage.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A CYBERATTACK IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS.

When I think of cyber threats like ransomware, I think “neon, cyberpunky encryption screens” and eye-watering ransom numbers. But for that specific threat, those are somehow the least scary things.

Image of what it can look like (https://huntress.co/e3t/Ctc/WZ+113/csSsM04/VVqb1_8xh5KTW51jlXY4l-5cLW6hm-BV5VQD2mN5t-nks5m_5PW7lCGcx6lZ3nkW59FT-L39-ZctW229-pm2xCKgdW73KzQh1Bds4BN7Jr0bPw0KhBM3JPvCMHfSdW2BqWXR7YF_VqVBQ0jb736MsfW66C7tV4F1Z4SVpLFxp9jmT7DW3fWx4l80kHXVW7wXLwL2KqsFZW7KLBh46VtZrDN4L_mFvwl_y9W3WgSVP7ZXR8nW5vTjQR6HxGNMW2qT8gJ6YJn6MW1xW9tL53WCk1N7KNTPp5B2NXW6ym--q22pjY_W2w9zxq5NDz-0W4nNDrk3WJQ4WW7TlC615W1ksKW3N9q8M9jlm9zV4ZYdZ7RD-gxW6-hZmV5FqRKQW8T2KZj7LzR-dW1hYVRq6sCtWpW7C1f6v5Mq91CW9hj_fr7XwbnjW6Yx-hX5n8SHVW5DpP8V19vZyQW2p-zMq240GgpW2QmByl8XqwQXW7KwrmS2-dN1gW3Lxw4Y4v1ZBvW8mthf42_Y3JPVSL_z44cPRHvW81HxcP1z2BWXW4Fn3lY1m7kSxW2RGZY52gBwX7f2sXfml04 )

The real impact of a cyberattack happens after it’s over: the downtime, the recovery work, the trust you lost, and the weeks your team loses trying to dig itself back to where you started.

And for a lean IT or security team, that adds up quick. Suddenly, your best people are focused on recovery and not on what they do best for your business.

But, even that’s not even the full picture.

SEE THE TRUE COST OF A CYBERATTACK
(https://huntress.co/e3t/Ctc/WZ+113/csSsM04/VVqb1_8xh5KTW51jlXY4l-5cLW6hm-BV5VQD2mN5t-nks5m_5PW7lCGcx6lZ3nkW59FT-L39-ZctW229-pm2xCKgdW73KzQh1Bds4BN7Jr0bPw0KhBM3JPvCMHfSdW2BqWXR7YF_VqVBQ0jb736MsfW66C7tV4F1Z4SVpLFxp9jmT7DW3fWx4l80kHXVW7wXLwL2KqsFZW7KLBh46VtZrDN4L_mFvwl_y9W3WgSVP7ZXR8nW5vTjQR6HxGNMW2qT8gJ6YJn6MW1xW9tL53WCk1N7KNTPp5B2NXW6ym--q22pjY_W2w9zxq5NDz-0W4nNDrk3WJQ4WW7TlC615W1ksKW3N9q8M9jlm9zV4ZYdZ7RD-gxW6-hZmV5FqRKQW8T2KZj7LzR-dW1hYVRq6sCtWpW7C1f6v5Mq91CW9hj_fr7XwbnjW6Yx-hX5n8SHVW5DpP8V19vZyQW2p-zMq240GgpW2QmByl8XqwQXW7KwrmS2-dN1gW3Lxw4Y4v1ZBvW8mthf42_Y3JPVSL_z44cPRHvW81HxcP1z2BWXW4Fn3lY1m7kSxW2RGZY52gBwX7f2sXfml04 )

Or, if you want the short version, check out the average cost of a data breach (https://huntress.co/e3t/Ctc/WZ+113/csSsM04/VVqb1_8xh5KTW51jlXY4l-5cLW6hm-BV5VQD2mN5t-nks5m_5PW7lCGcx6lZ3mRW4nLq_p29jJDjW8sv0NP4CZ8T-N8y51_tZsm7QW2MmHd77jcX_dW8rt-qp8F-n83VWhF92512XMrW5SxZdx87BgtpVpWs424-H3LmW3jg1Ky3Vm99BVrRb0Z26HCdWW5H0xKH1D08hZMCrdPfjBp71W4qYCXg9kGcQPW4-6NKd7NsJgpMrK64FwMPljW7fNg-g216M99N38PdRmHJPcgW8J3pYJ6_LrmtW6f6MV55Fz5bpW98hF-23l5Q1wW778xVM5Ry209W4mt2g684M6-bW3rt0yP5vMXm_DPNDHy266FN79VjZqr147rW5v-2f48Bq6RFW18GxWr2SBxwyW7GcyQ61NzzBNW8hhs207L2qTLW1LMcHF6TC0S3W2PL43X3l3HjjW106wJ573MDWXW43TxXG8m-pFPN6F9rGZXV-yzW7XTd4N4P8gxGW1GtnYw1wkQR0W7qj7s62Q9-V9V5bThp72tBHhW31JD538TTF0PW8p4HGm8t3-1Zf5qvTnC04 ) .

— Ben Bernstein, Huntress

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