The Cyberattack That Disrupted Boston Scientific—and the Lesson Every Business Should Take From It A cyberattack doesn’t have to steal millions of customer records to cause serious damage. Sometimes, simply taking critical systems offline is enough. Boston Scientific, one of the world’s major medical device manufacturers, is dealing with exactly that reality after a cybersecurity incident disrupted operations across the …
When people think of a major data breach, they often picture a hoodie-wearing hacker breaking through a firewall in the middle of the night. But in many cases, the front door is much simpler. A recent breach involving Xsolis, a U.S.-based healthcare technology company, is another reminder that cyberattacks do not always start with complex code. Sometimes, they start with …
PayPal disclosed a security incident that exposed some users’ personal information. For businesses that use PayPal for invoicing, subscriptions, customer payments, or vendor payouts, this is a good reminder that attackers often don’t need to “hack the platform” to cause damage. They just need access to one user account. When personal details are exposed, the risk isn’t only what happened in the moment. It’s what can happen next. Those details …