/tags/cybersecurity Cybersecurity en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:04:54 GMT /law-order/2024-12-12/federal-prosecutors-in-st-louis-indict-14-in-remote-it-scheme-that-funded-north-korea The 14 men worked for front companies that advertised fully remote IT workers. All told, prosecutors said, the scheme funneled $88 million to the North Korean nuclear weapons program. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:04:54 GMT /law-order/2024-12-12/federal-prosecutors-in-st-louis-indict-14-in-remote-it-scheme-that-funded-north-korea Rachel Lippmann /economy-business/2024-07-19/st-louis-crowdstrike-outages Microsoft users around the world reported being suddenly knocked offline after cybersecurity company CrowdStrike's routine software update malfunctioned. Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:44:13 GMT /economy-business/2024-07-19/st-louis-crowdstrike-outages Brian Munoz, Lacretia Wimbley, Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2024-05-23/how-a-cyberattack-against-st-louis-based-ascension-is-disrupting-care-at-hospitals-around-the-u-s With IT systems down, staff at Ascension have to use manual processes they left behind some 20 years ago. It's the latest in a string of attacks on health care systems that house private patient data. Thu, 23 May 2024 21:55:56 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-05-23/how-a-cyberattack-against-st-louis-based-ascension-is-disrupting-care-at-hospitals-around-the-u-s Olivia Aldridge /government-politics-issues/2023-10-10/st-louis-county-council-approves-cybersecurity-funding-weighs-property-tax-increase The St. Louis County Council on Tuesday approved $5 million for cybersecurity improvements and advanced a bill that would freeze property taxes for seniors. Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:35:04 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-10-10/st-louis-county-council-approves-cybersecurity-funding-weighs-property-tax-increase Chad Davis /health-science-environment/2023-09-14/hshs-st-elizabeths-hospital-working-to-restore-networks-after-cyber-attack HSHS hospitals, including O'Fallon's St. Elizabeth's, are restoring power after a cyber attack caused outages for weeks. Such attacks are becoming more common as health systems rely more on interconnected servers, experts say. Thu, 14 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-09-14/hshs-st-elizabeths-hospital-working-to-restore-networks-after-cyber-attack Sarah Fentem /economy-business/2022-04-08/cortex-and-tech-nonprofit-to-train-people-of-color-and-women-for-cybersecurity-jobs Per Scholas, a technology training nonprofit that is bringing its courses to St. Louis, will offer free training at the Cortex Innovation Community for people of color and women interested in cybersecurity jobs. Fri, 08 Apr 2022 10:17:37 GMT /economy-business/2022-04-08/cortex-and-tech-nonprofit-to-train-people-of-color-and-women-for-cybersecurity-jobs Andrea Y. Henderson /law-order/2022-03-07/the-pandemic-made-qr-codes-popular-and-scammers-quickly-followed The codes allow businesses to digitize menus or direct customers to payment sites, but scammers have used them to get personal information from people. Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:16:48 GMT /law-order/2022-03-07/the-pandemic-made-qr-codes-popular-and-scammers-quickly-followed Rachel Lippmann /government-politics-issues/2022-01-31/rural-towns-say-they-need-a-hand-to-fight-off-hackers-and-ransomware The federal government is offering grant money to help address the problem, but small towns fear they lack the tech knowhow and resources to defend their systems and are daunted by grant applications. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:29:17 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-01-31/rural-towns-say-they-need-a-hand-to-fight-off-hackers-and-ransomware Jonathan Ahl /law-order/2021-11-01/that-letter-you-got-from-the-federal-government-might-not-be-real About 13,000 people were victims of government impersonation scams in the U.S. last year, at a cost of almost $110 million. Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:00:00 GMT /law-order/2021-11-01/that-letter-you-got-from-the-federal-government-might-not-be-real Rachel Lippmann /government-politics-issues/2021-10-29/cybersecurity-expert-calls-missouri-education-website-flaw-a-nothing-burger After personal information for thousands of educators in Missouri was shown to be vulnerable due to a website flaw, a Washington University professor sees this as an opportunity for the state to reevaluate its cybersecurity practices. Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:18:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-10-29/cybersecurity-expert-calls-missouri-education-website-flaw-a-nothing-burger Sarah Kellogg