The Postal Service Suffered a Cybersecurity Breach

The data of 800,000 people potentially compromised for employee and customer personal information, including addresses, Social Security numbers and emails. The USPS is working with the FBI, Justice Department and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team to investigate the breach. Some are saying the attacker was China.

This year forward, be on the lookout for phishing attempts. Phishing is the activity of defrauding an online account holder of financial information by posing as a legitimate company. They may call, email, or even send official looking letters, looking at ways to get information that leads to financial information that can be used and abused.

Here is a great video on Phishing by SANS