Who Got Hacked This Week? November 9 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, November 9, 2019? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
Cyber Attacks
The U.S. Needs to Get Serious About Election Cybersecurity
If there’s one legislative body that truly understands the importance of cybersecurity in the digital age, it should be the U.S. Congress. Remember the election cybersecurity issues of 2016? That was fun. We went through so many news stories about Wikileaks, hacking, and election interference that you were convinced Congress would act and take the […]
Who Got Hacked This Week? October 21 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, October 21, 2019? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
Decision Makers are More Worried Than Ever About Cyber Attacks
Based on the 2019 Travelers Risk Index, businesses of all sizes are worried about being struck by a cyber attack. Many are taking steps to protect themselves.
Yahoo is The Latest Company to Offer Cash Settlement for Data Breach
No, that email from Yahoo isn’t fake, and yes, the web services provider could owe you $358 or more as part of a class action settlement. According to the company, hackers obtained Yahoo account user information between 2012 and 2016, including names, email addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates, passwords, and security questions and answers of […]
How To Be Better Prepared for Higher Ed Data Breaches
Higher Ed data breaches have been happening for a long time, but recently, it seems to be happening more often. One of the most recent university data breaches hit Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), exposing up to 1.3 million individuals’ data. According to the Georgia Tech News Center, the April 2019 breach exposed information […]
Who Got Hacked This Week? October 7 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, October 7, 2019? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
Who Got Hacked This Week? September 30 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, September 30, 2019? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
New Bedford Avoids Paying $5 Million in Ransomware Attack by Doing Something Unusual
The city of New Bedford, Mass. — not too far away from us here at TechDecisions — recently avoided paying the $5.3 million hackers demanded of it after successfully launching a ransomware attack. The town’s response? Bargain-and-stall. And it worked. Not the usual method An NPR article reports that after IT personnel discovered the attack the day […]
Who Got Hacked This Week? September 16 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, September 16, 2019? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
