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French security vendor Stormshield has launched an investigation after an internal review found that hackers accessed the source code of the company s network security product.
On Thursday, Stormshield acknowledged the company had sustained a breach and that unknown hackers had accessed the source code of its Stormshield Network Security product. The firm supplies firewalls and other products to the French government and the military, and some of its tools carry the highest certification issued by France s National Information Systems Security Agency, or ANSSI, which is the country s main cybersecurity agency.
The French government is assisting in the investigation, the company says. Stormshield, a subsidiary of Airbus CyberSecurity, also sells endpoint protection and data loss prevention tools.
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Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy says her office was not notified about a vulnerability in Accellion s file transfer product.
A data breach of a Washington state auditor s system exposed 1.4 million unemployment claimants’ records. The breach involved exploiting a flaw in Accellion s file transfer product, called File Transfer Appliance, and the state’s auditor says the office was never notified of the vulnerability and that a fix was available, the Seattle Times reports.
Organizations in New Zealand and Australia have also been affected by breaches tied to exploits of the vulnerability. But Accellion says it issued a patch in December 2020 and alerted all affected customers.
We Got âem, But Can We Keep âEm?
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Jan 21, 2021
We’d never seen so many newbies getting into boating in one summer as we did during the pandemic of 2020. And while we’re focused on continuing that sales success, there also has to be actions taken to retain those new boaters, lest there be an unpleasant 2021 exodus.
It’s timely that the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation and the global market-research firm IPSOS teamed up to complete a national research study revealing needed insights for retaining and engaging all of those new boaters and anglers.
The study, “
Casting a Wide Net: Identifying New Anglers and Boaters and Determining Tactics for Retention,” projects millions of new and returning boaters and anglers to the sport, and supports the industry in understanding who these new participants are and how best to engage with them. Some notable findings from the study include:
Casting a Wide Net
Jan 14, 2021
The Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation released the findings of its national research study, conducted in conjunction with multinational market research and consulting firm IPSOS.
The study, “Casting a Wide Net: Identifying New Anglers and Boaters and Determining Tactics for Retention,” addresses the millions of returning and new boaters and anglers, and how best to engage with these audiences.
“Throughout 2020, fishing and boating have provided Americans with much-needed encouragement,” RBFF President and CEO Frank Peterson
said in a statement. “As we look ahead to 2021 and beyond, engaging with these newcomers will be an integral part of our industry’s continued success, and with that in mind, this new study provides data-backed insights to help fishing and boating organizations retain these non-traditional new audiences.”
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