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Government employees at the City of Yonkers were denied access to their computers last week, after cyber criminals launched a ransomware attack. The city said that it refused to pay the ransom and would restore as much data as possible …
Howard University was forced to cancel classes this week after its network was infected with ransomware. The Washington D.C.-based college said that its IT team detected “unusual activity” on its systems on Friday, and shut down to investigate the situation. …
Last month, the Biden administration announced further plans to protect organizations from the growing threat of ransomware, and to punish the criminals responsible for such attacks. The new initiatives includes a State Department program that offers rewards of up to …
Last month, President Biden signed an executive order to strengthen the federal government’s cybersecurity practices. The decree comes amid a spate of attacks on government systems and essential services, with the widescale data breach at the software provider SolarWinds proving …
The U.S. government has stepped in to help organizations tackle the wave of state-sponsored cyber attacks that exploit flaws in Microsoft Exchange Server. The tech giant disclosed four zero-day bugs earlier this month, which were being used to steal sensitive …
Flo Health, the developer of a period- and fertility-tracking app, recently settled federal charges alleging that it had misled users about the way it uses their data. The organization’s privacy policy states that it would protect users’ health care data, …
The UK’s transition out of the EU (Brexit) will end on 31 December 2020, bringing with it major changes to the way organizations interact with stakeholders based in the country. It’s not just UK–EU relationships that will be affected; the …
If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that anything can be hacked: small businesses, multinationals, schools, and even smart devices in our homes. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, then, to learn that the U.S. G.A.O. (Government …
