Posted: Jul 22, 2021 / 09:37 PM CDT
/ Updated: Jul 22, 2021 / 09:37 PM CDT
HARLINGEN, Texas (KVEO) — Although cyberattacks in the U.S. have targeted large corporations, small businesses are not immune.
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Cyberattacks on businesses are intended to disable or steal data and gain access to a computer system or network, according to Burton.
”According to an SBA survey, 88% of small business owners felt their business may be vulnerable to a cyber-attack,” said Angela Burton, U.S. Small Business Administration Lower Rio Grande Valley District director.
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There are currently no reports of local cyberattacks, but Burton said that does not mean they are not happening.
Burton said she…
