On Monday, the U.S. Senate confirmed a branch of its website was breached by a hacker group. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Reid and House Speaker Boehner appear disheartened in photo. Its safe to say that cybercrime and cyberheists are on the rise; the video link below goes into detail on this growing trend and some of the things that can be done about it.
FOX News 13 expert Geoff Simon dissects this growing online problem. VIDEO: Hacking into cybercrime: MyFoxTAMPABAY.com
This latest cybercrime occurrence within our government further illustrates that no matter how well an organization protects itself from external cybercriminals, that because of the human factor (like internal employees) network access can sometimes be gained by the bad guys. You should definitely check the effectiveness of your security. Take a free phishing security test of your company.
Stu Sjouwerman
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