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The threat of cyberattacks on small businesses is growing at an alarming rate. Most small businesses are not prepared against any form of cyber attack nor are they prepared for the recovery it may take after one occurs.
This month IHG became victims of a cyberattack. The hotel group includes 17 chains and over 6,000 hotels across 100 countries which includes brand names like Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, and Regent.
Australian’s have woken up to a cybercrime nightmare. Optus, a major telecommunications company that serves Australia, has been breached by hackers, giving them access to names, dates of birth, emails, phone numbers, home address, and even driver’s license and passport numbers…
On Friday Sept 16th, Uber confirmed that it had been victim of a major cyber security breach. Uber revealed that the hack was completed by an 18 year old, who gained internal access to databases and systems. The teen used social engineering to trick an employee into giving up confidential information.
They don’t call you back, they don’t text back, and when you get time with them, they are disheveled, rude and uninterested, doing barely enough to keep things going.
This sounds like a bad date…and it’s one that many businesses are on with their current IT guy.
The county says it will be unable to send $15-$20 million dollars in scheduled checks and payments to utilities, firms, vendors, and other county officials while the systems are offline
