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Attacks on Minnesota Water Systems

Over 30 water systems in Minnesota were targeted by a series of cyberattacks this past July. These water systems and operations were compromised, temporarily leaving some cities with a limited supply of water. The source...

Cyberattack on Boyd Gaming Corporation

Boyd Gaming recently notified the public of a data breach on their systems, in which personal information of employees and several other individuals was stolen. Certain personal data was also removed from their database. Boyd Gaming...

One Unprotected Password leads to KNP Logistics Shutdown

In June 2025, Akira Ransomware Group took down KNP Logistics Group by successfully guessing one employee password. KNP had operated as a transport company servicing the UK for 158 years up until the single password...

TransUnion joins recent Breach Wave

At the end of August, TransUnion began notifying individuals of a breach on their systems, affecting over 4.4 million customers. They confirmed that sensitive information had been stolen which included names, dates of birth, and...

State Governments Targeted by Cybercriminals

A recent cyberattack on Nevada’s systems warns all state and local government to implement cybersecurity measures. An article from CBS News points out that in the past year hackers have started targeting smaller government systems,...

PowerSchool Breach Affects School Districts Nationwide

Thousands of school districts in the US use the software system, Power School, as a tool to manage student and teacher information. Over 60 million students have data stored with this software. This past December the...

The Danger of “AutoSpill” for Passwords

Are you using a password manager to securely store all of your passwords? The use of password managers has become very common. It allows people to keep track of a variety of passwords, which are...

Your Password is Never Safe Enough

This article from PCMag calls out dangers which apply to your passwords. Firstly the danger of reusing passwords over multiple sites, but even more importantly, the lack of security a password has by itself. Even...

Widespread Attack on Healthcare

Earlier this year, Change Healthcare’s IT systems were hacked. Change Healthcare is a company, based in Tennessee, which connects patients to their providers while managing payments and revenue cycle. This organization is linked with many...

The Threat of Data Breach on Hospitals

In May of this year over one million patients and staff members of Tampa General Hospital were effected by a cybersecurity breach. (source) This attack went on for 18 days before unusual activity was detected...