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Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the June attack. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach.

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Colorado Warns Ransomware Attack Caused Massive Data Breach

Data Breach Today

Information From 2004 to 2020 Exposed for High School Students, Teachers and Others Colorado's Department of Higher Education is warning that it suffered a ransomware attack in June, in which attackers stole personal data on current and past students and teachers, dating from 2004 to 2020.

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Mainframes, Freight Trains and Education Pains

Rocket Software

To be fair, I was in school in the early aughts, from 2001 to 2004; this type of talk was fully accepted. Programmers should influence our educational institutions. You’re tapping into the vein of what those forward-thinking educators want. It evoked eye-rolls and headshakes from every 19-year-old. Why are we doing this?

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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

MIRhosting is a hosting provider founded in The Netherlands in 2004. A report from the security firm Team Cymru found the DDoS attack infrastructure used in NoName campaigns is assigned to two interlinked hosting providers: MIRhosting and Stark Industries.

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Q&A: Here’s why VPNs are likely to remain a valuable DIY security tool for consumers, SMBs

The Last Watchdog

The scale is so massive that it makes up 15 percent of all breached users globally since 2004 (the year data breaches became widespread). Post Covid 19, these patterns are likely to become even more engrained as digitally remote work, education, healthcare and entertainment activities predominate. The data analytics show: •A total 2.3

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

So in 2004, the President of the United States designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Awareness events foster to shape human attitude, enhance a positive culture against cyber threats, and educate businesses and people about protective measures they can take to secure their sensitive personal data: Enable MFA.

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AIIM vs. ARMA: An Honest Comparison of Membership

AIIM

As a paid professional member of both since 2001 – August 2001 for AIIM, September 2001 for ARMA, and having served on both organizations’ Board of Directors (2004-2005 for AIIM, 2007-2010 for ARMA), I have thoughts on both and will compare them in several key areas, including: Focus. Types of Membership. Cost of Membership.