Apr 3, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March
Who: Jackson County, Georgia Date: 9 March 2019 Ransom Costs: $400,000 in Bitcoin What Happened: A ransomware attack hit the computers of Jackson County, Georgia, reducing government activity to a crawl until officials decided to pay cybercriminals $400,000 in...
Mar 9, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, February
Who: UConn Health # of Accounts Breached: 326,000 What was affected: An unauthorized third party accessed employee email accounts breaching the privacy of 326,000 patients and others. Of that number, 1,500 could have had their social security numbers exposed, UConn...
Mar 5, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, January
Who: BenefitMall When: January 7, 2019 # of Records: 111,000 What was affected: Data Breach of Benefit Mall a U.S. provider of payroll, HR, and employer services How it happened: An email phishing attack compromised employee login credentials. Emails may have included...
Mar 2, 2019 | Apple, Business, Radio Show, Security
And it looks legit, unless… Hey, it’s not the first time that the first glance at an email fooled me. Today’s Phishing scams look a lot like legitimate emails. They’re gaining in sophistication every day. And today we got one from Apple. Do you have an iTunes...
Feb 25, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, January
Who: Wichita State University No. of Accounts Breached: At least 3 employees What was affected: Bank account numbers, student records, and other personal information. When it happened: January 2019 How it happened: The employees were victims of an e-mail phishing...
