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WPP Cyberattack Serves as a Wake-Up Call to Agencies and CMOs Alike

Security experts say marketers must get involved

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By Patrick Coffee

June 28, 2017

More than 24 hours after news broke that a ransomware attack had effectively disabled the world’s largest advertising company, WPP has yet to fully recover.

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Patrick Coffee is a senior editor for Adweek.

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