Cybersecurity In the News

Project Description

In this project, I will researching examples of cybersecurity reported by the media.

Cybersecurity In The News Articles

Gmail Account Lockout

This article is about an ongoing attack involving many users being locked out of their Gmail account. This type of cybersecurity attack is considered hacking. Many family's and parents have been affected by this situation. Using strong password, multi-factor authentication, and updating your system are great ways of protecting yourself from hackers.

Source Evaluation

• Who published the content? Davey Winder.

• Where was it published? Forbes.

• When was it published? December 7, 2025.

• The truthfulness and integrity of the facts: Considered accurate.

• How is it written and presented? To inform readers about the situation.

• Links and Citations: More links to Forbes articles.

Inotiv discloses data breach

This article is about the American company Inotiv informing thousands of people that their personal information has been stolen. The type of cybersecurity attack that caused the sitaution is a ransomware attack. Having user awareness, updated software, backups, and using an Antivirus are all ways to prevent and protect yourself from an ransomware attack.

Source Evalutaion

• Who published the content? Sergiu Gatlan.

• Where was it published? Bleeping Computer.

• When was it published? December 5, 2025.

• The truthfulness and integrity of the facts: Considered accurate.

• How is it written and presented? To inform readers about the situation.

• Links and Citations: Lots of ads, related articles.

Lesson Learned

Doing this project has made me realise that Cybersecurity attacks can happen to anyone at anytime. I want to make sure that I am browsing the internet carefully with an updated software.