Cybersecurity

On Aug. 7, a ransomware attack, perhaps brought about by phishing, led to the shutdown of multiple systems in Twin Falls County, Idaho. Between 2018 and 2020, governments have seen 246 cases of ransomware.

Attendees at the inaugural meeting discussed the struggles they face in hiring, training and keeping cybersecurity talent, as well as the need to give private firms more useful threat intelligence.

With 90 percent of the facility occupied and drawing interest from technology and cybersecurity companies, a third building is in the works, focused on academics through AU's new School of Computer and Cyber Sciences.

The desperate images coming out of Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover last weekend underline the importance of technology and the real-life impacts when planning goes well — or not so well.  

A number of Ohio residents have said scammers have hijacked their unemployment insurance accounts. The state, however, said its system hasn't been compromised. Some officials aren't buying that statement.

A study by the investigative service SocialCatfish.com found a 156-percent increase in people under the age of 20 falling for online scams over the past three years, targeted by cyber criminals with fake profiles.

Hackers have found their way again into T-Mobile's systems, the fourth reported breach of the company since early 2020, and this haul included sensitive personal information associated with about 48 million people.

The new Florida Digital Service has seen a wave of high-level departures, and it is now looking for its third chief information security officer, who leads cybersecurity defense for the state’s $100 billion government.

Preparing against ransomware means getting response plans and contracts in place early, drilling, making — and monitoring — critical backups and, of course, convincing leadership to fund it all, experts say.

A cybersecurity company that searches for weaknesses was able to obtain the personal information of about 750,000 Indiana residents who took a contact tracing survey. The company destroyed the data eventually.

The efforts have come under fire from voting rights activists and Democratic lawmakers, who argue GOP lawmakers are pushing the bills in response to unfounded claims that the 2020 election was compromised by voter fraud.

Florida’s unemployment insurance system had made strides to keep up with the number of jobless claims, but the progress has taken a significant hit now that hackers have stolen data and targeted the system.

Ford Motor Co. managed to safeguard both employee and customer data after being informed by cybersecurity researchers of vulnerabilities. The company was silent about this occurrence for months.

A Dallas Police employee accidentally deleted 22 TBs of case files when trying to migrate data between servers. Officials say they’re now working to recover what they can and prevent future issues.

The nonprofit has secured a permanent space for six-month training programs for military veterans and young adults from underserved communities to break into fields such as cybersecurity, IT and cloud computing.

A new agreement would allow students of Augusta Tech’s associate’s degree program in cybersecurity to transfer credits to the bachelor’s program at AU, with the goal of creating a pipeline for students in the field.

Texas Tech University hosted experts and bankers from five states last week for its annual event with tutorials on subjects like cybersecurity, auditing, credit lending and leadership development.

A new analysis has found more than $76 billion in Paycheck Protection Program loans may have been obtained fraudulently, with many of the loans handed out by online lenders including Atlanta-based Kabbage.