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Sometimes clients look at me like I'm daft when I tell then that five plus year old copier has a higher risk to be hacked.  Thus that's what happened today at an account and I didn't have any back up information.  Thus, that will never happen again because I'm going to post a collection of comments on this blog that I or we can use.

You can explain this with ease to the client with using a smart phone analogy. Just ask the client if they have a smart phone? Well, 99.9 percent will answer as YES.  Then ask them if they've see notifications from their iphone or android to update their phone?  This answer will be another BIG yes.  Your next step is to tell than what the updates do.  In most cases the updates are to modify the software (new features, firmware) and update security software).  Now you're back to telling the client that most NEW MFPs now incorporate those updates automatically.  You've now set the stage.

I've been told that seeing something in writing will resonant more than speaking the words. I was not sure thus I gave this to Chat GBT.

Is reading something in writing more powerful than hearing it?

Reflection and Comprehension: Reading allows individuals to go at their own pace, reflect on the material, and reread if necessary. This can lead to a deeper understanding and better retention of information, especially complex or abstract concepts.

I'm guessing the key word is "can".  In any case below are some of the comments I've collected from various sources which I will list below.

I like the last one the best!  Why in world are you hanging on to a copier that plus five years old? That old copier can be the gateway to additional risk.

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Backdoor Implant on Hacked Cisco Devices Modified to Evade Detection.....Discover how threat actors modified a backdoor on Cisco devices using zero-day flaws in IOS XE software, evading detection with new techniques.

Major Russian bank reportedly hacked by Ukraine....Alfa-Bank, the largest private bank in Russia, was confirmed by a source from the SBU to have been hacked in a joint operation by Ukrainian ...

Orange County, Calif., District Attorney's Office Hacked .....The Orange County District Attorney's Office information technology system was hacked over the weekend and portions of the system have ...

No, 1Password Has Not Just Been Hacked—Your Passwords Are Safe ....Pedro Canahuati, chief technology officer of the hugely popular password management platform 1Password, has published confirmation of a security incident. The October 23 posting states that suspicious activity was detected on..

Samsung Galaxy S23 hacked twice on first day of Pwn2Own Toronto .....Security researchers hacked the Samsung Galaxy S23 twice during the first day of the consumer-focused Pwn2Own 2023 hacking contest in Toronto, ...

The ransomware group that hacked Capcom has been taken down by international police....According to Europol, the criminal group Ragnar Locker, which was responsible for a ransomware strain of the same name, “made a name for itself by ...

I'm a hacking expert – you must delete email with 19 killer words inside or risk dangerous ...HACKERS have been sending tricky emails pretending to be official companies to lure you into their schemes.The emails will usually insist you act ...

'Five Eyes' warn of espionage, hacking by China |.....'Five Eyes' warn of espionage, hacking by China. October 23, 2023. The heads of intelligence from the "Five Eyes" alliance are publicly amplifying ...

European govt email servers hacked using Roundcube zero-day -.....The Winter Vivern Russian hacking group has been exploiting a Roundcube Webmail zero-day since at least October 11 to attack European government ...

How teenagers hacked into Vegas casinos using 'social engineering' - ......A group of teenage hackers are reportedly responsible for hacking some of the biggest casinos in the world, by hacking -- people.

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Google links WinRAR exploitation to multiple state hacking groups ....Google says that several state-backed hacking groups have joined ongoing attacks exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR, a compression ...

Why do apps keep getting hacked? ......Why do apps keep getting hacked? October 18, 2023; 2 minute read. As technology continues to evolve, speed becomes more important. As well as faster ...

D-Link Hacked: Hackers Steal Source Code and Customer Personal Information.....D-Link Corporation, a multinational company that provides innovative networking solutions for both consumer and business markets around the world, has been accused of suffering a data breach.

Trigona Ransomware Hacked by Ukrainian Cyber Alliance .....Trigona Ransomware group was hacked by UCA, a group of white hat hackers who dumped and wiped their network infrastructure.

Tens of Thousands of Cisco Devices Hacked via Zero-Day Vulnerability....Tens of thousands of Cisco devices have reportedly been hacked via the exploitation of the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-20198.

Phantom Hacker: What to know about a new scam that FBI officials are warning people about.....The scammer, according to FBI officials, will then ask the victim to open their financial accounts to determine whether there have been ...

Rapper Nelly's X Account Got Hacked, Used For Phishing Scam - ....American rapper Nelly's twitter account was compromised and the hackers altered profile to scam people with crypto phishing links.

Can nukes be hacked? - ......A spine-tingling glimpse into the world of nuclear weapon security showed the nuclear briefcases wielded by presidents of nuclear-armed nations. These briefcases, like Russia’s Cheget and the U.S.’s nuclear football, carry the power to order nuclear strikes, linking leaders directly to their military command. Recent footage....

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Exxon relied on hacked info in fight against climate probes — court docs -.....But Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in the memo that some hacked files that were stolen from ...

Who hacked our DNA — and why?.....It was fun while it lasted. It was also probably inevitable that someone would hack 23andMe and steal our most cherished data: our DNA.

Hacked Skype accounts are being used to spread malware ....Hacked Skype accounts are being used to spread malware ... Hackers are reportedly abusing compromised Skype accounts in an attempt to distribute the ...

Former Navy IT Manager Sentenced to over 5 Years in Prison for Hacking a Computer.....Former Navy IT Manager Marquis Hooper, 32, of Selma, California, was sentenced today to five years and five months in prison for hacking a ...

Over 10,000 Cisco devices hacked in IOS XE zero-day attacks -.....Attackers have exploited a recently disclosed critical zero-day bug to compromise and infect more than 10000 Cisco IOS XE devices with malicious ...

Fantom Foundation Wallets Hacked and Drained in Exploit -....Fantom blockchain has suffered a phishing attack that drained its cryptocurrency wallets of a bout $7 million.

Hacked Companies Owe SEC Faster, Fuller Disclosures Per New Rule.....Publicly traded companies are adjusting their cybersecurity posture in response to a financial sector regulatory update that casts general ...

Skype Accounts Being Hacked to Spread Malware, Teams Also Targeted.....Compromised Skype accounts are allegedly being hacked to spread the DarkGate malware, while Microsoft Teams has also been targeted. As reported by ...

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Think you might have been hacked? Here are tips and tricks to fix the problem......QUESTION: I think I've been hacked - is there a way to see if someone is using my Google account? ANSWER: It's an unsettling feeling when you ...

Israel's government, media websites hit with cyberattacks ....Killnet said on the hacked website. Israeli government websited hacked. On Telegram, Killnet later said that the group is not targeting ordinary ...

Philippines health insurer hacked: What we know .....Hackers have stolen the personal data of potentially millions of people from the Philippines's national health insurer, which has urged members to ...

Over 17,000 WordPress sites hacked in Balada Injector attacks last month....Multiple Balada Injector campaigns have compromised and infected over 17,000 WordPress sites using known flaws in premium theme plugins. Balada Injector is a massive operation discovered in December 2022 by Dr. Web, which has been leveraging various exploits for known WordPress plugin and theme flaws to inject a Linux backdoor

Woman Sues JPMorgan Chase Over Alleged Fraud After Account Was Hacked....Woman Sues JPMorgan Chase Over Alleged Fraud After Account Was Hacked. This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here. October 09,

23andMe was hacked: user data was sold online, the company launched an investigation.....Genetic testing company 23andMe has launched an investigation after private user data leaked from its website, writes Ars Technica.

'Indian Cyber Force' Claims It Hacked Palestinian Websites After Targeting Canada ....Just days after claiming to have targeted Canadian websites, a group named Indian Cyber Force has taken responsibility for hacking attacks on ...

Pro-Hamas hackers send fake rocket alerts, knock websites offline ....Palestinian allies have launched a wave of hacking attacks against Israeli targets, leaving back doors, knocking sites offline and sending false ...

Georgia Department of Community Health services possibly hacked by Russian cybercriminals.....Some who use services provided by the Georgia Department of Community Health are being alerted about a possible data breach believed to be orchestrated by a Russian cyber-extortion gang's global hack of a file-transfer program.

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Hacked phone spyware shuts down… again ....A short-lived spyware operation called Oospy, which emerged earlier this year after its predecessor Spyhide was hacked, is no longer operational ...

Sony confirms data breach impacting thousands in the U.S. ......Late last month, following allegations on hacking forums that Sony had been breached again and 3.14 GB of data had been stolen from the company's ...

Israel President's Telegram Channel Briefly Hacked.....The Telegram channel of Israeli President Isaac Herzog was briefly hacked before being "very swiftly" restored, his spokesman said on Thursday.

MGM Resort's devastating computer hacking that shut down many casino and hotel services ......MGM says a hacking will cost it $100 million. Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images. MGM Resorts International said the recent computer hack ...

Hacked! Cybersecurity stocks fight back -......Business email compromise: hackers breach a key staff member's email. Then, they send out doctored invoices, changing details to a different hacked ...

Zero-days for hacking WhatsApp are now worth millions of dollars ...........Thanks to improvements in security mechanisms and mitigations, hacking cell phones — both running iOS and Android — has become an expensive ...

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Pro-Russia hackers claim responsibility for crashing British royal family's website....The source said the website was not hacked because no access was gained to systems or content. It was unclear who was responsible fort the denial ...

The Biggest Hack of 2023 Keeps Getting Bigger.....In a field of shocking, opportunistic espionage campaigns and high-profile digital attacks on popular businesses, the biggest hack of 2023 isn’t a single incident, but a juggernaut of related attacks that keeps adding victims to its score. In the coming months, more people, as many as tens of millions, ......

Hacked by Pegasus spyware: The human rights lawyer trying to free a princess....Forensic analysis confirmed that Haigh was the first confirmed British citizen to be hacked by Pegasus, a military-grade spyware created by Israel's ...

Fort Myers billing firm notifies patients of data breach.....Arietis Health did medical billing for dozens of companies where patient data may have been compromised by data breach.

Clorox resumes normal plant operations in the wake of cyberattack....Programming scripts on laptop monitor, unauthorized remote hacking of server Image attribution tooltip. Motortion via Getty Images. Image ...

European Standards Organization ETSI gets hacked, user data stolen....ETSI is a recognized regional standards body dealing with telecommunications, broadcasting, and other electronic communications networks and services. It supports European regulations and legislation through the creation of Harmonised European Standards....

SSA spooked after daring cyber attack -.....The State Security Agency (SSA) has been keeping a top secret from the public for more than a month. Sunday World can exclusively reveal that SSA believes that it has been hacked by Britain’s MI6 and US’ CIA. Insiders believe the hackers accessed sensitive and compromising .....

“The Phantom Hacker”: FBI San Francisco Warns Public of New Financial Scam....FBI San Francisco is warning the public of a new scam dubbed “The Phantom Hacker.” Scammers are impersonating technology, banking, and government officials in a complex ruse to convince a typically older victim that foreign hackers have infiltrated their financial account. The scammers then instruct the victim to immediately move their money to an alleged ...

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Sony investigates cyberattack as hackers fight over who's responsible ....Sony investigating as 3.14 GB of data leaked. This week, a threat actor by the name of RansomedVC claimed it had hacked SONY.com and put its "data and ..

NYC's Baccarat hotel where $18k suites come with a courtesy Mercedes and their priciest .....New York City's opulent Baccarat attack has denied it is facing a cyber attack which impacted its crystalwear sister brand.  Revealed Tuesday in an email from the CEO, the hack is currently affecting the venerable French crystal company of the same name.

French cybercriminal pleads guilty to fraud and aggravated identity theft for hacking private ....According to the plea agreement, Raoult and his co-conspirators hacked into protected computers of corporate entities for the theft of confidential ...

Coinbase Hit With Lawsuit Over Hacked Cryptocurrency Account -.....Coinbase Inc. allegedly exposed the personal information and login credentials of a longtime digital-assets account holder and failed to prevent ...

Cyberattacks hit military, Parliament websites as India-based group targets Canada .....Indian hacking group claims responsibility. A hacking group called Indian Cyber Force has claimed responsibility for the incident involving the ...

Chinese Hackers Stole 60000 State Dept. Emails in Breach Reported in July....Chinese hackers who gained access to the email accounts of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and other government officials this year stole 60,000 emails from the State Department alone, according to two people familiar with a....

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'All Of Sony Systems' Allegedly Hacked By New Ransomware Group......There's a new gang on the dark web that claims it's breached all of Sony's systems in a ransomware attack. Read More: GTA 6 Leaker Hacked Rockstar ...

Hunter Biden claims in lawsuit that Rudy Giuliani hacked his data .....“[Biden]'s data was manipulated, altered and damaged before it was copied and sent to Defendants; and Defendants' illegal hacking and tampering has ...

Hunter Biden digs hole even deeper by falsely claiming laptop was 'hacked' ....Implicit in the concept of hacking – computer theft – is that access to data was obtained without the owner's permission. Hence, if ...

Dayton-based CareSource facing class-action lawsuit after millions of people's data exposed....hacked on May 31. Caresource said it patched the software as instructed on June 1 and on June 27 was named as one of the victims of the hacked data.

Hong Kong crypto network Mixin loses US$200 million in hack......Mixin Network announced Monday that the database of its cloud service provider was hacked, resulting in the loss of approximately US$200 million.

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Donald Trump Jr.'s X Account Hacked–Falsely Announced Father's Death ....It soon became apparent that the account on X—the platform formerly known as Twitter—belonging to the son of the former president had been hacked.

International Criminal Court hacked amid Russia probe .....In a statement shared via the site formerly known as Twitter, the Hague war crimes tribunal said it detected "anomalous activity" at the end of last ...

GMA warns patrons of hacked Facebook page, fake websites.....The reason why is because GMA's Facebook page has been hacked. In addition to that, a number of fraudulent websites have been scamming audiences by ...

Consumer watchdog servers hacked, with complainants' info leaked: .....The servers of the Consumer Council have been hacked, with a number of sensitive files – including the personal information of complai...

Air Canada says unauthorized group breached employee data, hacked internal system.....Air Canada dsays an unauthorized group of people obtained access to its internal system, compromising the personal information of an unknown number of employees working for the country’s largest airline.

The International Criminal Court In The Hague Says It Has Been Hacked......It didn't elaborate on what it called a "cybersecurity incident." Court spokesman Fadi El Abdallah said in a written statement that extra "response ...

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War crimes tribunal ICC says it has been hacked....The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday disclosed a hacking incident, a breach at one of the world's most high-profile international ...

I'm a former defense official who warned about F-35 safety and security problems years ... ....But Grazier said: 'It is possible this aircraft was hacked, but we will only know with the investigation. 'If I had to bet on this, it was a ...

Hackers who breached casino giants MGM, Caesars also hit 3 other firms, Okta says.....hacking groups known as ALPHV and Scattered Spider since August. In an interview with Reuters, Bradbury didn't name the other companies, but said ...

How To Know if Your Phone Is Hacked...Phone hacking constitutes the act of using malicious software like adware to gain access to a vulnerable mobile phone without authorization. The ...

FBI chief says China has bigger hacking program than the competition combined....THE TAKE. U.S. officials have been sounding the alarm about Chinese hackers for years. · KEY QUOTE. "China already has a bigger hacking program than...

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Chandler Jones says he was 'hacked' after bizarre Raiders child molestation accusation.....Chandler Jones is claiming he was hacked after alleging that he has been barred from the Raiders facility because owner Mark Davis is harboring ...

Kuwait's finance ministry says cyber attack hits one of its systems.....The ministry said in a statement that protection systems and procedures had been activated and "the level of the hacking attempt is being assessed.".

Outside technology firm to determine whether Tarrant Appraisal District was hacked -.....It's not clear whether the district ever audited its own computer system to determine if it'd been hacked. "We asked that of (Wood) and he gave us ...

Clorox says last month's cyberattack is still disrupting production ....The Pine-Sol maker said it has experienced production delays because of the attack. Clorox will start bringing systems back next week, but said it had ...

Could the Chinese have hacked the missing F-35?.......Carl Higbie asks questions about the missing F-35 U.S. Marines fighter jet - Via Monday's "Carl Higbie FRONTLINE."

FBI chief says China has bigger hacking program than the competition combined.....sounding the alarm about Chinese hackers for years. "China already has a bigger hacking program than every other major nation combined," Wray said.

Azure cloud storage hacked with stolen Microsoft accounts - here's what you need to know....A report from cybersecurity researchers Sophos claims the attackers are using a new variant of a known ransomware strain in their attacks. The report ...

Mark Cuban's Recent Crypto Setback: How a Billionaire Was Hacked for $870,000......Meanwhile, global cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx has announced that its hot wallets were hacked and large amounts of digital assets stolen, which were ...

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