Lubbock Print Shop Targeted by Hackers

A Lubbock business was shut down Friday after being targeted by hackers demanding a ransom.

An employee opened a malicious email suspected to be the cause of the cyber attack.

Employees at Caprock Business Forms said they had received suspicious emails for several weeks, but the company’s operations were not affected until an employee opened the email on Friday that “All of a sudden we couldn’t do anything. We couldn’t go anywhere. We kept getting error messages. And finally, a message came up on her computer that said something about ‘ransomware,'” said Caprock Business Forms personnel manager Jon Jones. For the full article click here 

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