Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, August 11th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S.
In a few minutes Terry Cutler, head of Montreal’s Cyology Labs will be here to discuss a few of the week’s headlines. But first a look back at some of what happened in the past seven days:
The White House held a summit on how to fight the wave of ransomware attacks hitting American schools. Terry and I will discuss what governments around the world should be doing to help protect the education sector.
More ransomware news we’ll look at: A think tank in the United Kingdom says the government should play a bigger role in encouraging companies to beef up their cybersecurity protection. It also recommends insurance companies require firms to report any data ransom payments to the government.
More organizations are admitting they’ve been victimized directly or through their IT suppliers by hacks of MOVEit file transfer servers.
And Terry will also have thoughts about a report reminding owners of big sports teams that they have a lot of data crooks want…
