/tags/cybersecurity Cybersecurity en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:07:57 GMT /local-news/2023-10-04/uvm-medical-center-hospital-president-testifies-to-congress-on-2020-cyberattack Dr. Stephen Leffler told Congress that the attack cost the hospital about $65 million. Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:07:57 GMT /local-news/2023-10-04/uvm-medical-center-hospital-president-testifies-to-congress-on-2020-cyberattack Adiah Gholston /local-news/2023-02-21/vermont-bans-tiktok-on-state-owned-devices-heres-the-reasoning A Vermont state agency has determined that TikTok and WeChat pose serious cybersecurity risks on state-owned devices. Tue, 21 Feb 2023 23:24:37 GMT /local-news/2023-02-21/vermont-bans-tiktok-on-state-owned-devices-heres-the-reasoning Bob Kinzel /show/vermont-edition/2022-05-04/tech-tips-and-cybersecurity-keeping-your-smartphone-or-computer-working-and-secure Can you fix your own computer? Do you take steps to keep your email or other online data from getting hacked? This hour, "Vermont Edition" talks tech, computers and cybersecurity. Wed, 04 May 2022 17:11:58 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2022-05-04/tech-tips-and-cybersecurity-keeping-your-smartphone-or-computer-working-and-secure Connor Cyrus, Matthew F Smith /programs/2021-06-10/congressman-peter-welch-on-cyberattacks-cybersecurity-in-the-u-s Recent foreign cyberattacks have affected U.S. energy supplies and disrupted food distribution networks. Could the nation’s financial system or the entireâ€� Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:35:52 GMT /programs/2021-06-10/congressman-peter-welch-on-cyberattacks-cybersecurity-in-the-u-s Bob Kinzel, Lydia Brown /vpr-news/2020-10-29/u-s-hospitals-targeted-in-rising-wave-of-ransomware-attacks-federal-agencies-say An alert warns hospitals and health care providers that there is "credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat." Thu, 29 Oct 2020 04:23:00 GMT /vpr-news/2020-10-29/u-s-hospitals-targeted-in-rising-wave-of-ransomware-attacks-federal-agencies-say Vanessa Romo, Shannon Bond, Laurel Wamsley /vpr-news/2020-07-21/twitter-removes-thousands-of-qanon-accounts-promises-sweeping-ban-on-the-conspiracy Twitter has removed more than 7,000 accounts associated with QAnon as part of a broad-based crackdown on the pro-Trump conspiracy theory. Twitter says QAnon postings have led to real-world harm. Wed, 22 Jul 2020 03:03:50 GMT /vpr-news/2020-07-21/twitter-removes-thousands-of-qanon-accounts-promises-sweeping-ban-on-the-conspiracy Bobby Allyn /vpr-news/2020-07-15/twitter-says-it-was-the-victim-of-a-coordinated-social-engineering-attack Twitter confirms to NPR that it is investigating the coordinated hack, which attacked the accounts of some of the richest and most popular names on Twitter and may have reaped more than $100,000. Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:32:00 GMT /vpr-news/2020-07-15/twitter-says-it-was-the-victim-of-a-coordinated-social-engineering-attack Bobby Allyn /vpr-news/2020-03-30/cybersecurity-lawyer-who-flagged-the-who-hack-warns-of-massive-remote-work-risks Many companies' employees are working from home during the coronavirus. Alexander Urbelis, hacker-turned-information-security attorney, says the remote working environment is a hacker's paradise. Mon, 30 Mar 2020 09:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2020-03-30/cybersecurity-lawyer-who-flagged-the-who-hack-warns-of-massive-remote-work-risks Emma Bowman, Mohamad ElBardicy /vpr-news/2020-03-05/what-to-know-about-the-election-security-situation-after-super-tuesday The biggest day of voting so far in 2020 wasn't faultless, but it also might have gone much worse. Moves and countermoves are afoot to influence Americans and protect the vote. Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:01:04 GMT /vpr-news/2020-03-05/what-to-know-about-the-election-security-situation-after-super-tuesday Philip Ewing /vpr-news/2020-02-10/chinese-hackers-charged-in-alleged-cyber-theft-of-145-million-americans-data The credit agency Equifax was compromised by a cyberattack that permitted China's military to steal names, Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information. Mon, 10 Feb 2020 17:10:13 GMT /vpr-news/2020-02-10/chinese-hackers-charged-in-alleged-cyber-theft-of-145-million-americans-data Ryan Lucas, Philip Ewing