A giant data breach affecting 170 hospitals and healthcare centers across the US exposed confidential health information of hundreds of thousands of patients, multiple organizations have revealed. The attack, which took place on April 6, targeted Elekta, a Swedish developer whose software powers the linear accelerators used in radiation therapy.

Solarwinds "Building a Secure Future 2021" which surveyed 967 tech pros, managers, and directors from a diverse intersection of private, public, small, and enterprise-sized organizations.

45% of respondents attributed lack of budget to be a leading barrier against risk mitigation, while another 45% said it's because of lack of training.

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If you have children who are into video games, you might have already been affected by the next generation of pump & dump schemes and just don't know it.

FaZe Clan is a professional esports and entertainment organization partly owned by Academy-Award winner DJ Paul of Three Six Mafia and Kiari "Offset" Cephus from the group Migos.

A 77-year old Indiana Woman received an e-mail from PayPal regarding fraudulent activity stemming from her account. Had someone hacked it? She called the number listed and began working with them to fix the issue.

Of course, the voice on the other line purporting to be PayPal customer service was in actuality across the world waiting for her to send them money to resolve the issue.

The US Department of the Army and the U.S. Defense Digital Services were both hacked as much as 40 times since January 2021 by military-grade and civilian hackers, according to Forbes. However, while the first line may alarm you, you might feel better after learning that it was part of "Hack the Army 3.0," a "a “bug bounty” program that builds on the efforts of Army and Department of Defense security professionals in safeguarding DoD and Army networks, systems and data," according to the U.S. Department of the Army.

“America was changing like crazy, it was happening before my eyes,” said Entrepreneur and Investor Kevin O’Leary during a security seminar in Orlando which included Direct iT President and CEO David Javaheri. “The companies that survived made this incredible pivot, and it was the technology that let them do it.

On June 2nd, Anne Neuberger, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology sent a memo to Corporate Executives and Business Leaders regarding the threat of Ransomware.

“The number and size of ransom-ware incidents have increased significantly, and strengthening our nation’s resilience from cyberattacks – both private and public sector – is a top priority of the President’s,” the memo began, before outlining recommendations to mitigate risk.

Some New England vacationers may have run into a bit of a hitch trying to get to Martha’s Vineyard at the beginning of the month, as the largest ferry service to the island was the victim of a ransomware attack. The website of Steamship Authority, which operates out of Wood’s Hole, had been taken offline, prohibiting the ability to buy tickets for the ferry online.

The US Government had its hand forced last week as one of the major pipelines in the nation, the Colonial Pipeline, was the victim of the largest US oil company infrastructure cyber-attack ever. The pipeline, which carries “45% of the East Coast’s supply of diesel, petrol and jet fuel,” according to the BBC, is shut down indefinitely, causing gasoline prices to spike.