Information Security

Parents Speak On Their Deployed Son's Identity Theft:

This article was about two parents who were made aware that their son's identity was stolen. Their son's name is Tyler Freiman, who is currently deployed in the Air force, and he was receiving letters about unemployment benefits to his parents home. His parents found out that his social security number (SSN) had been stolen. A way to keep this from happening is to make sure that you always carry your SSN card in a secure location and to not give that information out on any website that is not secure.

France Improves Their Cybersecurity Defenses Due To Ransomware Attack:

This article was about France's plan to better the cybersecurity defenses because of a ransomware attack on one of their hospitals. The phone systems were hacked and shut down at the Villefranche-sur-Saone hospital, which cause the hospital's whole internet system to go down. This postponed many patients operations, like surgeries or vaccinations. The president plans to spend 500 million euros to improve the security of their hospitals in the private and public sectors which seems like a great idea, this will ensure every patients privacy and safety.