In the October digest we have gathered incidents that definitely tickled the nerves of the IS departments of the affected companies. The Halloween agenda includes a million-dollar scam, a hacker offended by non-recognition of merit, and frighteningly frequent attacks on the game industry representatives.

Ghost Contracting

What happened: Kitchenware manufacturer Williams Sonoma lost more than $10 million due to employee fraud.

How it happened: Ben Thomas, 48, worked as a general manager at one of Wi

In our June review of the biggest IS incidents, we will explore recent incidents where one single click has stopped the operations of an entire company, sales managers provided hackers with client information, and data from the largest companies was leaked.

SNOWLEAK

What happened: Snowflake, the largest cloud service provider, fell prey to a cyber attack.

How it happened: Unidentified actors attacked Snowflake and obtained data on the company’s customers. The exact number of victims is still unknow

Cyberattack prevention measures will always be necessary. The constant threat of data breaches and other hacks is simply a fact of business. Priority targets are no longer limited to retailers and banks; insurers, hospitals, energy producers, and (most recently) a host of law firms are all at risk.

“Hackers broke into the computer networks at some of the country’s most prestigious law firms,” according to The Wall Street Journal. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise: What do organizations like