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A Single Unpatched Laptop Cost One Hospital $3 Million In 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services settled with a healthcare provider after a ransomware attack that started on one employee's unpatched workstation. The machine hadn't been updated in over 90 days. That
In March 2025, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that Americans lost over $12.5 billion to cybercrime in 2023 alone — and phone-based fraud, driven largely by spoofing caller techniques, remains one of the fastest-growing categories. I've watched organizations with solid email security get gutted
The Breach That Rewrote the Rules of Computer Security In February 2024, Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the United States — suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted claims processing for hospitals, pharmacies, and clinics across the country. UnitedHealth Group, its parent company, disclosed in its SEC
In March 2025, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that Americans lost over $16 billion to cybercrime in 2024 — a 33% increase from the prior year. That number isn't abstract. It represents real people and real businesses that thought their defenses were good enough. I&
In March 2025, a mid-size accounting firm in the Midwest lost $2.1 million after a single employee clicked a spoofed DocuSign link during tax season. The firm had antivirus software. They had a firewall. What they didn't have was phishing simulation training — the one layer of defense
In May 2025, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that phishing and its variants remained the number-one reported cybercrime for the fifth consecutive year, with losses tied to business email compromise alone exceeding $2.9 billion annually in recent reports. I've spent over two decades
In March 2025, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that Americans lost over $12.5 billion to cybercrime in 2023 alone — and voice-based social engineering was one of the fastest-growing attack vectors. I've personally investigated cases where a single phone call cost an organization six
In January 2025, a finance employee at a multinational firm joined a video call with what appeared to be their CFO and several colleagues. Every face on the screen was a deepfake. The employee transferred $25 million before anyone realized what happened. That incident — reported by CNN and confirmed by
In February 2024, Change Healthcare — a company that processes roughly one-third of all U.S. medical claims — was hit by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group. The fallout was staggering: $872 million in direct costs reported by UnitedHealth Group in a single quarter, pharmacies unable to process prescriptions, and the personal
In February 2024, Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the United States — was hit by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group. The attack disrupted pharmacies, hospitals, and insurance claims across the entire country for weeks. UnitedHealth Group, the parent company, eventually disclosed that the breach affected roughly
