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Health care’s reliance on tech could be prime hacking target

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Knowing health care’s reliance on technology makes them a prime target for these cyber criminals.

Tim Weber is a cyber-security expert. He says medical facilities need to react fast if they’re attacked, but the real work has to happen before to prevent hackers from doing their dirty work. That means taking a 360 approach and keeping systems updated.

While Weber never recommends paying off the hackers so organizations can regain control of their information, he recognizes it’s a business decision. However, it may be illegal in the weeks ahead as the feds are looking at those payoffs as supporting terrorism.

NewsChannel 13’s Benita Zahn reached out to local hospitals to see what they’re doing, but none responded, perhaps worried about tipping their hand to the criminals.

Learn more about why Weber says none of these measures will work without also training employees by watching the video of Benita Zahn’s story.

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SC is using new internet-based tech to vote. It’s vulnerable to hacking, experts say

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This year, South Carolina welcomed into its arsenal of election technology two systems that connect to the internet — one of the features that makes them vulnerable to hacking, voting experts say.

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Both the state’s new electronic poll book system and a new online platform called OmniBallot, made to help a small group of S.C. voters stationed overseas send their ballots home, rely on internet access.

Members of some military and government service groups, their families along with citizens outside the United States registered to vote in South Carolina had access to the new OmniBallot system when voting this year. In 2016, the group — classified as “UOCAVA citizens” after the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act that grants them special voting privileges — cast 8,621 ballots, said Chris Whitmire, a spokesperson for the State Election Commission (SEC).

Before OmniBallot, the UOCAVA citizens were allowed to send their ballots by fax, email or mail. Those legacy options were still available to them during the 2020 presidential election.

But now, when using the platform, voters can download their unique ballots by accessing a single URL online, the website of the private company that makes the product, Democracy Live, states. The system is accessible to people with disabilities and is secure, it says.

“We’ve had over 100 cybersecurity researchers review the system, they haven’t been able to get in the system or compromise it,” confirmed Bryan Finney, the founder and president of Democracy Live.

Yet in June, a final-year PhD candidate at MIT and a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan analyzed the OmniBallot platform and found it wanting.

“We find that OmniBallot uses a simplistic approach to Internet voting that is vulnerable to vote manipulation by malware on the voter’s device,” wrote the researchers. “In addition, Democracy Live, which appears to have no privacy policy, receives sensitive personally identifiable information — including the voter’s identity, ballot selections, and browser fingerprint — that could be used to target political ads or disinformation campaigns.”

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Prevention of hacking or theft of Bitcoin : Augusta Free Press

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The main thought that comes to mind after buying bitcoin is how to store them and keep them safe, because after investing so much time and investing a lot of money if your money has been stolen or scammed it will be a very big loss. In 2017, after reaching its peak, once Bitcoin lost its charm before returning to its glory again. In 2019, in this moment of glory, there were also so many hacking events that took place because users were new to the system and did not know how to keep the system and money safe.

The hackers came up with such crazy ways to steal the funds. Most of them were rerouting by redirecting the coins or binding them with other wallets or by using simple sights and systems and the victims can do nothing but just watch their money go away.

Bitcoin keys

Being a virtual currency and not having any physical existing in the real world, bitcoin cannot be stored in a real place as another asset, it cannot be stored in any store or at home or in any security management company, being completely a digital asset you need to reach them through proper digital numbers and codes these numbers called keys there are two types of keys private key and public key these keys also called Bitcoin addresses.

Public key

The public key is only used to send money, it is as if you gave someone your email address, he can only send you mail but cannot check your inbox or other details, the public key works with the same behavior, and it is safe even if you share your public key.

Private key

A private key is the primary key like a store key that you use to take or send bitcoins to or from the wallet and must be protected if the private key remains protected, the account will also remain protected, although it is possible that hacker steals the private key and takes out all your money and leaves you empty-handed, there are many methods to keep these keys and the account safe, to know more about bitcoin…

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Brazilian police investigate online hacking of high court

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SAO PAULO — Brazil’s federal police opened an investigation into the hacking of computers at one of the country’s high courts on Thursday.

The head of Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice, Humberto Martins, said all sessions have been suspended until experts assure that they are safe from hacking. The court is meeting online since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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