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The Predicament Of C-Suite Fraud And Government Cyberattacks

PYMNTS

In Florida, The New York Times reported on Thursday (June 20), government officials of Riviera Beach voted to pay nearly $600,000 worth of ransom to hackers, just weeks after Baltimore paid $18 million for a similarly crippling ransomware cyberattack against government systems.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

3-yr average pre-tax ROA. Cumberland Security Bank, Inc. First Security Bank of Deer Lodge. pre-tax ROA: 3.08%. pre-tax ROA: 2.83%. pre-tax ROA: 2.68%. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Molly Bennett, executive editor, Independent Banker. Tuscaloosa.

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The Thinker

Independent Banker

Hartings dove into the details of the deal, which involved ensuring Wright State University would help manage the dorms, finding a legal firm to handle the paperwork and helping get approval for tax-exempt financing from the county. “We Consider the annual community picnic in Coldwater in August.

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The Challenges Of Securing The Smart Cities Of Tomorrow

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The city’s entire system was left unusable by the incident, including its online payment systems used for paying property taxes. Baltimore endured a similar incident in May after hackers infiltrated the city’s computers and shut down the majority of its servers and asked for tens of thousands in ransom. That’s not good.”.

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