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10/09/2025

Great information, betting not many of you knew credit cards started in Fresno in 1958.

Credit cards feel like magic—tap, swipe, approved. But behind that split-second ding is one of the most complex financial systems ever built. We unpack how y...

08/28/2025

🚨 Shocking News: A 158-year-old UK trucking company, Knights of Old, just shut down forever after a ransomware attack—all because of one employee's weak password that hackers simply guessed! 😱

Imagine: 700 people lose their jobs, 500 trucks off the road, and the whole business collapses. Hackers encrypted everything, destroyed backups, and demanded up to £5 million ($6.74 million) they couldn't pay. This venerable firm, around since the 1800s, gone in an instant.

Folks, this is a wake-up call! Ignoring password security isn't just risky—it's disastrous. Use strong, unique passwords, enable two-factor authentication, and change them regularly. Your data (and job) could depend on it.

Read the full story here: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/158-year-old-company-forced-to-close-after-ransomware-attack-precipitated-by-a-single-guessed-password-700-jobs-lost-after-hackers-demand-unpayable-sum

What do you think—time to audit your passwords? Share your tips below! 🔒

An employee’s weak password was the company’s Achilles' heel.

01/13/2025

Windows 11 getting forced on you. Just say maybe not.

https://www.technology.org/2025/01/07/how-to-bypass-windows-11-requirements/

11/20/2024

Yes! Cloud services should never be the primary save spot

08/24/2023

Next Week, Tuesday August 29 until Thursday August 31, the office will be closed. Calls will be returned and messages answered, and physical things will run on partially automatic for 3 days.

But why Dave?

Because I am actually going to take my amazing wife out to dinner. In another state... Our 25th Anniversary requires a bit of a celebration.

So, with my fingers crossed that nothing goes terribly wrong around here, We'll be back in town Friday.

Thanks for your support!

04/14/2023

10 Seconds of what I have been hearing all morning. Just standing outside my door. Thought I would share the experience

04/14/2023

And more construction in our parking log. This time PG&E is replacing leaking gas lines in the whole neighborhood. Most of the parking lot is blocked, sorta annoying. But no gas leaks is a good thing right?

12/25/2022

Merry Christmas everyone!

08/02/2022

The office is staffed again. My Covid adventure is over!
Come on in and say Hi!

09/17/2021

VOIP outage information direct from the source. Follow voip.ms for details as things progress