On Monday, Nov. 22, popular domain registrar GoDaddy revealed in a public SEC filing that "an unauthorized third party" hacked into its systems back in early September and had access until mid-November.

According to GoDaddy, "Using a compromised password, an unauthorized third party accessed the provisioning system in our legacy code base for Managed WordPress.

The nonprofit SpamHaus, which tracks spam e-mails, noticed tens of thousands of urgent FBI bulletins going out the morning of November 13. These bulletins, warning of a "sophisticated chain attack," were sent by the FBI's servers. In actuality, a hacker had been able to get into the Bureau's e-mail notification system to distribute the false warnings.

The House unanimously passed H.R. 3462, the SBA Cyber Security Awareness Act, in early November, sending it to the Senate for approval.

"The SBA will be required to conduct an annual assessment of IT equipment and cybersecurity capabilities, and provide Congress a detailed account of any cyber security risk," said Rep.