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Cybersecurity Risk

People Might Be Selling Your Instacart Order Info Online

A reported Instacart hack has potentially impacted over 275,000 users, putting part of their credit card numbers, order histories, & more up for grabs.

July 31, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Instacart — the grocery delivery-on-demand app — could have suffered a data breach which affected hundreds of thousands of customers. According to a recent BuzzFeed report, the names, last four digits of credit card numbers, and order histories are popping up on dark web markets as a result of the supposed Instacart hack. The report […]

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e-learning platforms

With E-Learning Platforms, School Districts are Building the Foundation for Better Outcomes

A broad overview of how e-learning platforms are changing school districts and helping to achieve better educational outcomes.

July 2, 2020 Jeremy Dolby Leave a Comment

When Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker ordered schools closed throughout the state in response to the coronavirus pandemic, sending home millions of students to learn remotely, Cicero School District 99 was ready. The K-8 district of 14,000 students, southwest of Chicago, was already five years into its mission, driven by Superintendent Rudy Hernandez, of changing the […]

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Ransomware

UCSF Medical School Pays $1.1M in Ransomware Attack

The University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine has paid hackers $1.14 million so the school could regain access to data.

June 29, 2020 Robin Hattersley-Gray Leave a Comment

The University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine has paid hackers $1.14 million so the school could regain access to data that had been encrypted by ransomware. UCSF networks were attacked by Netwalker ransomware on June 1, and the attack was detected on June 3. “The data that was encrypted is important […]

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DDoS, NETSCOUT Arbor Insight

Relax — There Was No Large-Scale DDoS Attack

Yes, some services were down simultaneously for some reason yesterday, but it wasn’t because of a massive DDoS attack, cybersecurity experts say.

June 16, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If you aren’t a cybersecurity expert, then don’t believe everything that hacktivist group Anonymous posts on Twitter. Yes, some services were down simultaneously for some reason yesterday, but it wasn’t because of a single coordinated DDoS attack, according to cybersecurity experts. Early yesterday, people across the U.S. were posting to social media that they weren’t […]

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payment readiness

A Better Payments Readiness Model for the New World

This “Supplier Payment Readiness Model” will help customers think through all the dimensions of their remote payment organization efforts.

June 11, 2020 Josh Cyphers Leave a Comment

Difficult economic times are ahead. We don’t know how difficult they’ll be, or how long they’ll last, but finance teams around the globe are bracing for them. Cash management and cost-cutting will be essential. Fraud protection—which is always a concern—will be even more important as criminals seek to capsitalize on fear and confusion. If that […]

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