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How to Prevent Ransomware at Your Business

Wednesday, 27 December 2023 by cinch i.t.

Businesses that understand how to prevent ransomware significantly reduce their online vulnerability. This cyberattack scheme doesn’t garner nearly as much attention as common malware, but it can be even more debilitating. Ransomware attacks are so polished that many larger financial institutions have dedicated call centers to handle these data breaches. So, what is ransomware? Ransomware

LastPass Responds to Massive Data Breach of User Passwords

Wednesday, 01 March 2023 by cinch i.t.

WORCESTER, MA — Cinch I.T. is currently advising its clients to avoid using LastPass and to change any passwords that were stored there. Their latest data breach has left thousands of encrypted backups of customer accounts vulnerable to hackers. Please see LastPass’s press release below for additional details. (Source: https://blog.lastpass.com/2023/03/security-incident-update-recommended-actions/) To Our LastPass Customers–

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Quest Diagnostics Suffers Massive Data Breach Affecting Millions

Wednesday, 03 July 2019 by cinch i.t.

Chances are good that you or someone you know has had some type of medical testing done by the US Clinical Laboratory, Quest Diagnostics. If that’s the case, then there’s bad news. The company recently announced that they’ve suffered a massive data breach that exposed personal, confidential patient information of more than 11.9 million people.

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