What happens if you are a restaurant and your cash register system gets hit by a virus? Short Answer: You close the doors and turn off the lights. That is exactly what happened hundreds of Tim Hortons restaurants in Canada. Apparently Tim Hortons is something like a Dunkin Donuts serving coffee, donuts and some light […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While the head of cybersecurity at DHS said the details of which states were compromised is classified, she admitted that 21 states were targeted during the 2016 elections and that some of them were penetrated. Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said 2016 was a wakeup call and now it is up to the government(s) to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As the leadership at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has changed to a more business friendly leader, the new head of the CFPB, Mick Mulvaney is not going to move forward with a full scale probe of how Equifax failed to protect the information of over a hundred million consumers. The former director, Richard Cordray, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Cryptocurrency is an interesting beast. Unregulated by governments. Not backed by reserves or governments. Difficult to track IF DONE RIGHT. Completely transparent if not done right. For all of these reasons, it is the target of attackers of all stripes. The first attack this week was in England. Armed robbers broke into the home of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Ransomware and hospitals. Not a great combination. The Register is reporting that Hancock Hospital paid ransom attackers $60,000 to get control of their system back. Hancock Health in Indiana was hit with a ransomware attack last week. As the hospital detected “something wrong”, they decided to shut down all hospital systems, all wellness center systems, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]21st Century Oncology, who bills itself as the world’s largest operator of cancer treatment centers with 179 locations, suffered a breach in 2015, losing control of 2+ million patient records. According to law firm Motley Rice, they found out about the breach when the FBI notified them – not a great way to start your […]
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