Matthew Elmas reports:
Heat Group managing director Gillian Franklin was in London last year when a text message from a staffer sent her world into a tail-spin.
The $130 million wholesaling business had come to a screeching halt, placed behind lock and key after a hacker infiltrated its systems in a ransomware attack.
Almost everything was captured, including 20 years of sales history, payroll and employment details, customer trading terms and archived creative work.
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