More US consumers shopped from their couch than in-person every day of Thanksgiving weekend 2021.

Facebook has a cyber mercenary problem: Meta blocks 1,500 Facebook and Instagram accounts that targeted over 50,000 users—potentially the tip of a wider surveillance iceberg and another smear on Facebook’s reputation.

Banks must tell regulators about cyber incidents within 36 hours and inform consumers “as soon as possible.” This transparency will speed up response to breaches and improve consumers’ trust.

Cyber Five 2022 Forecast. The outlook for the Cyber Five period will further decline in 2022 as we expect recent trends to hold. Cyber Five’s share of holiday ecommerce sales will decline from 16.9% to 16.4%, and well below the 2019 high water mark of 20.0%. Demand will continue to pull forward earlier into the season.

“Today, we are reiterating those warnings, and we’re doing so based on evolving threat intelligence, that the Russian government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in the United States,” said Anne Neuberger, the White House’s deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology.

How Cyber Five, Top Retailers, and Product Categories Will Perform

But the Prime Day void will not be easily filled, and a more disjointed early promotion season ultimately raises the stakes for the Cyber Five period. Cyber Five: Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday.

President Biden’s signing of the Cyber Incident Reporting Act requires owners and operators of critical infrastructure to report cyber incidents to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CISA within 72 hours and ransomware payments within 24 hours.