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Crickets from Chirp Systems in Smart Lock Key Leak

Krebs on Security

The lock’s maker Chirp Systems remains unresponsive, even though it was first notified about the critical weakness in March 2021. In 2021, RealPage was acquired by the private equity giant Thoma Bravo. Meanwhile, Chirp’s parent company, RealPage, Inc. , is being sued by multiple U.S. out of a possible 10).

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GUEST ESSAY: The drivers behind persistent ransomware — and defense tactics to deploy

The Last Watchdog

They could be on the other side of the globe, part of a cybercrime regime that will never be discovered, much less brought to justice. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 3,729 ransomware complaints in 2021, representing $49.2 But the situation isn’t hopeless. Prevalence. million in adjusted losses.