After a data breach that affected more than 1 million people in Washington State, legislators introduced two bills. One aims to strengthen cybersecurity infrastructure while the other wants to change data collection. As reported by Governing.com, “If passed, the two bills heard in committee Tuesday would boost cybersecurity at state government agencies. A bill requested […]
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UPMC Breach shows a larger server network security problem. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) had the private information of more than 36,000 people breached. But the medical giant itself was not the direct target of the compromise. A smaller law firm they use for billing-related legal services experienced the event from April to
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Ransomware Attacks Game Creator On Monday, video game creator CD Projekt announced they’d been the victim of a cyberattack. The details are still waiting to be discovered, but CD Projekt was not shy about sharing the information they knew, including publishing a statement and the ransom note to their Twitter page. Additionally, their website has
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Cybersecurity At Every Age Last week, PC Matic VP of Sales, Corey Munson, sat down with Scott N. Schober. Scott’s book, Senior Cyber: Best Security Practices for Your Golden Years covers topics, “From the basics of the internet to the fight for healthcare privacy and security that is so critical to our aging population, Senior Cyber offers
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Do You Know Windows? If you read our last post about class four, Malware, you should be ready to dive into this class. The latest in the PC Matic University (PCMU) lineup is a comprehensive look at the Windows operating system. I would start at the Vimeo channel and work your way through the videos
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Pinellas County Releases Statement Police in Pinellas County, FL released a statement today regarding a hack that happened at the City of Oldsmar’s water treatment system. Around 8am local time on Friday, February 5th, a plant operator at the Oldsmar plant noticed someone remotely accessing the system. “The person who remotely accessed the system for
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The New York City Cyber Command is a centralized organization that, “works across more than 100 agencies and offices to prevent, detect, respond and recover from cyberthreats.” And their goal is to make the city the most resilient in the world. As the pandemic took hold last year, Cyber Command went to work ensuring New
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Data Of Over a Million Exposed The State Auditor’s Office in Washington State released a statement confirming a data breach that happened on December 25th, 2020. Accellion, a third-party provider that the office uses to transmit files, was involved in the breach. The Auditor’s Office reiterated to the public that the breach was with the
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Class Number Four Welcome to the fourth in our PC Matic University series. This week’s installment is a quiz regarding your knowledge surrounding malware. Do you know what it is and the different kinds? Meanwhile, if you missed the first three classes, no worries, you can catch The Internet Test here and link back to
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PC Matic University If you’re a regular reader, then you’ve already come across our Computer Safety Test and our Basic Email Test. For the third in our series, we want to help you navigate some basic internet terms. This isn’t a series for everyone. If you’re new to the internet, we’re here to help with
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