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Delta. Apple. Facebook. Microsoft. Even big names with big budgets bleed when systems go down. In 2015, Apple lost $25 million from a 12-hour App Store outage. In 2016, Delta Airlines cancelled 2,000 flights during a 5-hour power failure, losing an estimated $150...
Empowering businesses with affordable, all-in-one protection and 24/7 support Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska — July 31, 2025 — Alasconnect, an Alaska-based managed IT and cybersecurity firm and a subsidiary of MTA, is expanding its commitment to local businesses by...
Why I Chose Alasconnect – And What Comes Next If you had asked me twenty years ago where I’d end up, I wouldn’t have said Alaska. But sometimes the right place isn’t one you find on a map—it’s one that calls to you. For me, Alasconnect is that place. I’ve spent over...
When it comes to computer memory, most forms of storage are made for short-term needs. If your computer needed to access long-term storage from your hard drive every time you searched for something, your computer would lag more than it ran. More often than not, if...
Albany International Airport in New York was hit by ransomware over Christmas in 2019. The cause of the attack, which cost them five figures to settle, caught many by surprise. The cause? The virus spread to the airport’s servers from the company they hired to help...
In 2007, Chinese hackers successfully targeted a Department of Defense (DoD) subcontractor leading to the creation of a powerful fighter jet. During this cyberattack, the Chinese stole enough data to make their J-20 stealth fighter jet a real threat to the USA. It's...