On January 25th, 2014, Michaels, the world’s largest arts-and-crafts retailer, announced that it “recently learned of possible fraudulent activity on some U.S. payment cards that had been used,” suggesting they had experienced a data breach. Christina Moyer, a customer in Illinois, sued the company for failing to properly safeguard her confidential data. According to Moyer,...
Coca-Cola Experiences a Data Breach After An Employee Steals Laptops. Coca-Cola has admitted to a data breach after an employee stole dozens of laptops over the course of six years. The stolen laptops went unnoticed and contained the sensitive data of 74,000 individuals. The employee stole a total of 55 laptops from Coca-Cola’s Atlanta offices;...
The Target and Neiman Marcus (and now Michaels) data breaches generated a lot of concern for retail businesses. The data breaches were caused by memory-scraping malware that’s designed to steal customer names, credit cards numbers, and other personal information. What you should do to prevent these attacks: Upgrade outdated software to prevent infection from malware...
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed that they’ve detected 20 hacking cases over the past year that used the same POS (point of sale) infecting malware used against Target stores over the 2013 holiday shopping season. Now Michael’s Craft Store, the largest arts and crafts dealer in the U.S. suspects it has...
Cloud backup offers a secure and encrypted method of protection for your critical business data. But unless you test it regularly, you won’t know if it is truly backing up all your data, or if you can access your data in a timely fashion. You can rest assured knowing your data is secure as long...
When you work with Veltec Networks as your trusted cybersecurity team, cybersecurity breaches, ransomware, and other security concerns will become distant memories.
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When you work with Veltec Networks as your trusted cybersecurity team, cybersecurity breaches, ransomware, and other security concerns will become distant memories.
We ensure: