Anyone who lived before the 1980s or 90s through today knows that computer technology has steadily pervaded our lives in many aspects. One such aspect of this proliferation that quietly and seamlessly seeped into our lives is language—whether we expanded … Continue Reading
CISA Releases New Cybersecurity Tool
All too often a devastating data breach makes the news, whether it’s from a malicious outsider, an inside job, or a case of negligence. Every time one of these events occurs, it serves as a sobering reminder that an organization … Continue Reading
Ransomware Takes Iowa Grain Co-op Offline
The ransomware gang BlackMatter launched an attack on Iowa-based agricultural services provider NEW Cooperative which forced the company to take its operations offline. News of the attack began to circulate on Twitter on September 20, as details emerged of a … Continue Reading
Ransomware Hits Arizona Healthcare Provider
The sleepy bedroom community of Queen Creek, Arizona is nestled in the heart of the Sonoran Desert at the extreme edges of Greater Phoenix. This quiet suburb is set up for families, and offers easy access to other parts of … Continue Reading
Student Data Breached in Dallas School District
The Dallas Independent School District announced recently that a cybersecurity incident discovered in early August led to the leak of sensitive information about former and current students, parents, school administrators, and contractors. A local news report on the school district … Continue Reading
Insider Attack Creates Chaos at Credit Union
Any casual observer of the news knows that data breaches have become more common. What typically makes the headlines involves multi-million dollar demands from ransomware, devastating cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, and the human cost when data involving innocent people is … Continue Reading
Hackers Target Third-Party Health Affiliates
Cybercrime that targets hospitals and other healthcare providers has continued to grow in frequency in 2021, but criminals have begun to shift the focus of their attacks, according to a new report on healthcare data breaches by Critical Insight. Instead … Continue Reading
U.S. Attorneys Targeted in SolarWinds Hack
The year 2020 yielded a record number of data breaches. Among the most shocking of these was the infamous SolarWinds breach. The Texas-based company provided software to help organizations manage their systems. One of their clients included the United States … Continue Reading
Vegas’ Clark County Grapples with Data Leaks
Few cities are as iconic and elicit so many symbols as Las Vegas. The mere mention of its name conjures such imagery as flashing, glittery lights along the Strip, the electronic chorus of slot machines against an ovation from the … Continue Reading
Data Breach Affects 58K Unemployed in Florida
When people are out of work and desperately seeking a job, unemployment insurance serves as a comfort to help them through this difficult period. It is often a meager sum on its own, designed to alleviate some stress and help … Continue Reading