Last month, the neighbour was hacked.

Not figuratively speaking. Quite literally: a Dutch transport company. A steel trader. A logistics platform. All in May 2026, all in the Netherlands.

LockBit 5.0, DragonForce, PLAY – names you might not recognise, but who know who you are.
They didn’t need to encrypt anything. The data alone was enough for them. Publish, threaten, throw GDPR into the mix for extra pressure. Almost business as usual.

SMEs are no longer “too small to be interesting.” That story hasn’t held water for years.

What helps is less complicated than you think. Make sure your backup isn’t connected to the same network. Know who to call if things go wrong; don’t Google it at that moment. And talk about it with your team, because one click is enough.

No revolution. Just get started.