Hackers have found a sweet spot in encrypting and attacking municipal computer systems. Lake City is the latest to suffer from these attacks, and after two weeks of inaccessible services, have agreed to pay the $460,000 ransom to hackers.  
                    
			            - By Kaitlyn  DeHaven
 - Jun 27, 2019
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Restaurants and stores that sell liquor are suffering from theft in Shreveport, Louisiana. In response, a city councilman is now pushing an amendment that requires restaurants and stores that sell liquor to obtain state-of-the-art surveillance systems before they acquire a liquor license.
                    
			            - By Kaitlyn  DeHaven
 - Jun 27, 2019
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cobalt Robotics announced it has raised $35 million in Series B financing. The financing was led by global technology investment firm, Coatue, and is intended for geographic expansion of services throughout the domestic United States.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    WeTransfer files were transferred to unintended users on June 16 and 17. The scope of the incident is not clear, but the company promptly logged out affected accounts and disabled the transfer links.
                    
			            - By Kaitlyn  DeHaven
 - Jun 26, 2019
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Germany has decided to level the playing field and offer all foreign companies fair and equal chances to build the national 5G infrastructure. Huawei has responded, claiming that despite the warnings of the United States, they will be able to comply and meet these standards. 
                    
			            - By Kaitlyn  DeHaven
 - Jun 26, 2019
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new cryptocurrency-mining botnet could severely affect unprotected Android users. Experts say while the unprotected devices are mostly phones in Asia, these issues are becoming a big problem for technology security.
                    
			            - By Kaitlyn  DeHaven
 - Jun 26, 2019
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The IoT Cybersecurity bill, which was introduced in March, passed through the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs last week and is now headed to the full Senate for a vote.
                    
			            - By Kaitlyn  DeHaven
 - Jun 25, 2019
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    While cloud services are becoming increasingly popular for business use, cyberattacks on cloud services are also growing. This has prompted a rise in cloud security software. 
                    
			            - By Kaitlyn  DeHaven
 - Jun 25, 2019
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After a major telephone outage in the Netherlands took down the nation’s emergency phone number yesterday, police forces took the streets to ensure people could contact emergency services through them.
                    
			            - By Kaitlyn  DeHaven
 - Jun 25, 2019
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After a Facebook user discovered that the old Nest owners were able to see screenshots from their Nest’s new home, even after factory resets, Google quickly stepped in to resolve the security issue. 
                    
			            - By Kaitlyn  DeHaven
 - Jun 24, 2019