Intelligent CISO Issue 38 | Page 25

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Bose Corporation ( Bose ) has disclosed a data breach following a ransomware attack that hit the company ’ s systems in early March . In a breach notification letter filed with New Hampshire ’ s Office of the Attorney General , the consumer electronics company said that it ‘ experienced a sophisticated cyber-incident that resulted in the deployment of malware / ransomware across its ‘ environment ’.

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The FBI says that complaints concerning online scams and investment fraud have now reached a record-breaking level . The FBI ’ s Internet Crime Complaint Center ( IC3 ) received its 6 millionth complaint on May 15 , 2021 . While it took close to seven years for the IC3 to register its first 1 million reports , it took only 14 months to add the latest million to file . According to the US agency , annual complaint volumes increased by close to 70 % between 2019 and 2020 . The most common crimes reported were phishing scams , schemes relating to non-payment or nondelivery , and extortion attempts . www . intelligentciso . com
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