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Honda Stops Production In Japan After Computer Virus Hits Plant
Fraud Attack // June 22, 2017

Honda Motor Co. had to stop production at a domestic vehicle plant in Japan for a day after finding the WannaCry ransomware in its computer network. According to Reuters, the automaker shut production on Monday (June 19) at its Sayama plant, northwest of Tokyo, which...

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Why The Cleveland Fed Pulled Their Online Lending Study

November 21, 2017
Last week, we told you a tale of two Fed studies, which were putatively about the same topic, but drew nearly opposite conclusions. The first study, released last summer as a joint effort by the Chicago and Philadelphia Feds, examined a large data set from Lending Club. Using that data as a proxy for online lenders, the study concluded that they offer access […]

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Honda Stops Production In Japan After Computer Virus Hits Plant

June 22, 2017
Honda Motor Co. had to stop production at a domestic vehicle plant in Japan for a day after finding the WannaCry ransomware in its computer network. According to Reuters, the automaker shut production on Monday (June 19) at its Sayama plant, northwest of Tokyo, which produces models such as the Accord, Odyssey and Step Wagon. […]