The digital era has really revolutionized our daily lives. From using ipads at school, taking online permit tests at home and of course banking online, there is always a threat of hacking. And that is just what happened. In July of 1994 - October 1994, citibank customers noticed there was money missing from their accounts. At the time, digital security was not designed well enough, the internet was built for trust and exploration. [Source 3] The reason for the money going missing was all a coordinated effort and attack by Vladimir Levin and 5 others including his wife. Vladimir Lenin was a Russian Software engineer working out of his St. Petersburg apartment and cyber attacking a bank in New York, Germany, Israel, Finland, Switzerland and many more countries. According to the FBI, it was believed to be the first online bank robbery. LA times reported Vladmir Levin stole 10 million dollars from various peoples/companies bank accounts. This hack was a very major crime committed. It is wild how a person in St. Petersburg, Russia was able to steal money using a computer and telecommunications from a bank on the other side of the world. All but $400,000 was recovered. All 6 people were arrested. After this hack, banks tightened up their security so events like this would no longer happen. With online banking, security is a lot more tight in today's age. With passwords and Face ID that exist it is a lot more difficult to even access peoples money. With VPN, consumers' information is protected.
This article was interesting because it was the first major hack that occurred. It was significant because it tightened up online banking security. There was millions of dollars stolen, and it all wasn't full recovered. This hack went down in history.
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The past month in help desk we have been doing all sorts of fun stuff. Some of the cool things we have learned are how to make a song using an editing software. The song I made was pretty cool and it took a while to get the gist of the program. I like how this class incorporates music into the learning material, because I am a big music fan. The music making was really fun. Another cool thing we did was make a floor plan of a house. The program was called Sweet Home 3D. It essentially let you map out a room/house and add furniture. I made a bedroom that was fully furnished. I think this program would be the most useful for interior designers and architects. Another cool thing we did was make a 3D printed model. We were able to design something on a program and print it out. Although I did not print something out, I saw the 3d printer work and create a keychain.
Help desk has been interesting these past few weeks. In class we have been discussing AI which is kind of a scary topic and hard to wrap your head around. Some of the things we discussed with AI is how many jobs will be taken over by robots. In a way it's good but at the same time I think it will cause many problems with the economy. One job that will definitely be taken over by automation is trucking. Specifically over the road trucking. In class we watched a documentary that showed and explained AI and it was very informing. The other things we have been doing in help desk is setting up for "Hour of Code." My group will be focusing on drones. We practiced flying them in the lower library. It was lots of fun! I'm interested to see what the future of help desk will bring.
Help desk the last couple weeks has been very interesting. To start, we have been working on a technology tutorial project. My group did a tutorial on fantasy football. Although I did not know much about it, my partners did and actually taught me how it worked. I worked on the slide show and edited the movie tutorial we made. Overall I think my group did a good job and I enjoyed doing the work. Some other things we have been doing in help desk are learning about drones. A police officer came in and talked about how the Burlington Police Department utilizes drones for public safety and serving the community. I never knew that the police used drones. The drones the police use are equipped with better technology and thermal capabilities which is really cool. Wrapping this blog post up, help desk has been fun and I have learned a lot in the past couple weeks.This week in technology integration we have mostly focused on drone technology. Some of the things we have done are use different apps to code the drones movements, use motion to fly a drone and watch different videos on drones. This week has been very interesting and also lots of fun. It is crazy to think about how drones will be used in the future for all sorts of different things. I think drones will be most useful in natural disaster scenarios where roads are blocked off. After seeing all these drone videos, I think it will still take many years to perfect drone technology. The week of 9/27-10/1 we have been doing game design. The game design has been really cool. There are so many details needed for the ping pong type game to work. Another cool thing about the game is how customizable it is. There are so many potential options you can do with the game. Also, we started using garage band and learning the basics of it. I like how garage band is very user friendly and has lots of variety. It has been really fun.
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