2018 02 06 – Click to read full article IMPACT: if you’re a regular Grammarly user, your writing history may have been compromised recently due to a major software ROOT CAUSE: The bug … exposed Grammarly’s authorization tokens to “all websites,” allowing them to login to a user’s Grammarly.com account to view their full writing history. […]
Author Archives: Anita Lipsky
Marijuana growers say computer glitch with the state could put them out of business
2018 02 06 – Click to read full article IMPACT: Some marijuana growers say they’re unable to sell their products to retailers ROOT CAUSE: the state’s new computer system is having problems communicating with the retail stores Each product has a traceability number which make it trackable all the way back to the grower and the […]
East coast tsunami warning was just a test, says National Weather Service
2018 02 06 – Click to read full article IMPACT: The weather app Accuweather picked up on the message and sent out a mobile alert to subscribers. People along America’s east coast were alerted to the threat of a tsunami on Tuesday morning – only to then be told that the warning message had been sent […]
Computer glitch holds up payments to 11000 disabled student veterans
2018 02 03 – Click to read full article IMPACT: Monthly stipends for 11,000 disabled student veterans are delayed this month, potentially causing the former troops to be late paying rent, food and other pressing bills. ROOT CAUSE: a computer glitch COMPANY RESPONSE: The glitch “has been”fixed and it won’t occur again the future” “We apologize […]
Vietnam Shares Surge as Long Closure for Technical Glitch Shrugged Off
2018 02 03 – Click to read full article IMPACT: Monday’s abrupt halt to trade — and the market’s closure the next two days — tested patience. “Clients yelled at me a lot, I had loads of transactions undone,” one Hanoi-based trader said of the trading halt. ROOT CAUSE: a glitch in the software system for […]
Munich Airport unveils new centre to fight cyber crime
2018 01 31 – Click to read full article PREVENTATIVE MEASURES: The Information Security Hub (ISH) will house a team of IT specialists who will work together with experts from the European aviation industry to develop strategies for defending against cyber attacks and new approaches to the fight against cybercrime All of the facilities are equipped […]
Welsh NHS systems failure down to technical glitch, not cyber attack
2018 01 25 – Click to read full article IMPACT: Doctors couldn’t access patient contact details or letters from other staff – including blood tests and x-rays ROOT CAUSE: a failure in two data centres … “our reliance on software and the need for it to work perfectly and that’s difficult in IT environments that are […]
Business owner discovers embezzling scheme thanks to computer virus
2018 01 27 – Click to read full article IMPACT: she had embezzled more than $750,000 from her employer DISCOVERED BY: accidentally installed a virus on his home computer. Since it was also connected to the business network, it had online access to the accounting software. The virus would not let Light sign out of the […]
NHS Wales computer systems restored after technical glitch fixed
2018 01 26 – Click to read full article ROOT CAUSE: A technical glitch… still under investigation IMPACT: left many staff unable to access [the NHS computer systems in Wales] on Wednesday COMPANY RESPONSE: We hope the situation is resolved quickly
NonPetya ransomware forced Maersk to reinstall 4000 servers, 45000 PCs | ZDNet
2018 01 27 – Click to read full article ROOT CAUSE: a devastating ransomware attack which struck businesses across Europe in 2017 IMPACT: required close to a “complete infrastructure” overhaul and the reinstallation of thousands of machines COMPANY RESPONSE: In total, Maersk reinstalled 4,000 servers, 45,000 PCs, and 2,500 applications in what the chairman called a […]