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Security News for the Week Ending December 1, 2023

December 1, 2023 CyberCecurity Leave a comment

Montana and Indiana TikTok Ban Stunts Unsurprisingly Fail in Court Both Indiana and Montana passed laws completely banning TikTok – both at the app store and private citizen level. Given that these laws were political stunts designed to try and impress voters, it is not surprising that they failed in court. The courts struck down […]

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Hackers Shut Down Entire School District For Days

September 24, 2017 CyberCecurity Leave a comment

All schools in Flathead County, Montana schools were closed on September 14 and 15 and all extracurricular activities and athletic events cancelled as a result of a ransom threat from the well known hacker(s) called The Dark Overlord. This was not a ransomware attack where the district’s data would have been encrypted, demanding a ransom […]

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