the ransomware attacks

A guy Eddie Darwich and his wife sued the colonial pipeline company for having lax cybersecurity. There was ransomware attack on most fuel stations and many were rationing fuel until further notice. Drivers began to panic and purchase extra fuel leading to a run on gas for their local EZ Mart. This affected Eddie in a bad way losing a lot of money because he wasn't able to manage his supply and demand correctly. He was then told all he could do was wait until further notice. Another lawsuit was formed against colonial Georgia because consumers were pushed to purchase the scares fuels for extremely higher prices than before due to the cyber security hacks.

Russian Hackers, the Olympics are on guard

In 2016, Hacktivist Russians leaked the private medical records of American stars like Simone Biles and Serena Williams and in 2018, they shut off the online ticketing during the Olympics’ opening ceremony in South Korea. Many question would it be an attack again for this years 2021 Tokyo Olympics. It sounds crazy but, Russian hackers have disrupted each of the Olympic Games since 2016. They have denied all accusation even though sources lead to Russia in 2016. The U.S. hasn't been able to link the previous attacks on Russia, although it wouldn't be unlikely considering the history in 2016. The U.S. published extensive technical details in the form of indictments that linked them to specific GRU officers. Since then Russian officials have attempted to block investigators from looking into the scandalous hacking.

Amazon scam

scams arising with people receiving fake emails from what is designed to look like amazon. In that email it concludes a message saying that you have an unauthorized purchase in your account. It will then lead you to call customer support where they will then attempt to hijack your computer by asking for all of your personal information. And your just the customer who doesn't want any fraudulent purchases on your account all to be set up by a fraudulent provider. This is a sign of phishing, these hackers send you fake emails trying to lore you into a trap. When you see something that may look suspicious, check for the URL to see if it is the legit web page, and look at the message to see if it seems more automated to everyone or just your specific account. Most hackers like this do spam sends to multiple email accounts plotting for peoples personal information like so

"Lessons Learned"

In this lesson I have learned the threats of cyber hacking and how it can harm someone like me in a serious matter. That is why I need to be cautious and have awareness of what is going on in my mobile devices. Learning the key terms like Pharming, Phishing, Malware, and etc. has helped me gain the knowledge of what to look for when I get that scam likely call or that suspicious email on my phone. I will continue to open the legit page before I open the page that the email is giving me. Cyber attacks happen everyday and you want to lessen your chances as much as possible.