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Cooling off and settling down.
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For Mark and Lisa Heiser,
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you're a good boy. You're a good girl.
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Fostering isn't just about saving dogs.
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So, she's Moo. And we got Merlin.
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It's about giving them space to heal.
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They can unwind, decompress, and we
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really get a feel for their personality.
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They're very loyal dogs. Uh they're very
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like right now, they just want to be
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with you. They don't look like victims,
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but these dogs were caught in the
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crosshairs by cyber criminals who nearly
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took down the Gainesville nonprofit
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It's significant. When we take a $3,300
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hit, that's one less dog that we can
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The hackers stole the group's bank
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account information, Facebook page, and
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the 8,000 followers it had built over
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years. We lost about 8,000 followers and
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that was a huge network of people who
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were willing to view our post and share
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our post. The Heisers found out at least
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three other animal rescues were hit the
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same way. And they're not alone.
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According to the nonprofit cyber
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security report, 60% of nonprofits have
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experienced a cyber attack in the last 2
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years. And most don't have adequate
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protections to deal with it. It is
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people who are taking advantage of these
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types of organizations that don't have a
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lot of resources to begin with.
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LIGO's Rescue is trying to rebuild with
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a new Facebook page warning supporters
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to donate directly and urging other
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nonprofits to tighten their online
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At a minimum two factor authentication
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because if you're just password
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you're you're very vulnerable.
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For the Heisers, every donation matters.
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Because every dollar means another
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chance to save lives.
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It's a village contributing $10 each, $5
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each. Every little bit helps.
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Reporting in Gainesville, Caitlyn Ross,
