WaTech in the News

That valentine that just arrived in your email may not be what it seems.

According to a recent report from the SANS Internet Storm Center, there's a new malware campaign carrying ransomware with subject lines that include "Always thinking about you" and "I love you."

The emails have attachments that all start with "Love_you." Opening the attachments will infect the users'…

Washingotn's Public Works Board is starting work on a significant new broadband funding program, enacted by the legislature in 2019. Will Saunders presented "Broadband 101 - History and Data" for the board members at the Board's regular meeting on 10/4.

Every year Washington state agencies publish a bunch of reports analyzing what's going on in the state. In 2014 there were at least 140 of them contributed to the State Library's very under-appreciated Depository program. Most of these are on topics requested by the legislature - policy questions that aren't quite ripe for decision yet, or accountability for key programs. Often they help…

Over the past two months we've interviewed 109 business owners and prospective business owners from across the state, ranging from sole proprietors to newly-formed LLCs to mid-size companies in heavily regulated industries to businesses just hiring their first employee to business owners that didn't know they had to register at all. From minority and women

Each interview we do is…

Dear Washingtonians!

A lot has been in the news lately about bad actors taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, including imposters filing for unemployment benefits across the country using personal information obtained from large scale breaches.

While imposter fraud is a serious problem, it represents only a small part of the overall threat. Sometimes we spend so much time…