August 2024

Important QuickBooks Notice

The last day to purchase a QuickBooks Desktop subscription in the US is coming up quickly on September 30, 2024.

After this date, Intuit will no longer sell new subscriptions of the following products in the US: QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus, QuickBooks Desktop Premier Plus, QuickBooks Desktop Mac Plus, QuickBooks Desktop Enhanced Payroll. Existing customers can continue to renew their subscription, and security updates, product updates, and support will continue to be provided for subscribers. All QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise subscriptions will be available for purchase for new subscribers.

Now is the time to purchase a new subscription if you’ve been considering one. Or, if you are an existing customer, it’s a good time to consider if you might need a different level. Also, as an existing customer, it is recommended to upgrade for the latest features and security updates. Learn more about the changes and your options here.

AT&T Incident

AT&T recently announced a major cyberattack compromising sensitive customer data at several of its clients.

Hackers tapped into a cloud platform, Snowflake, which houses customer data; in doing so, they gained access to call and text message logs during a six-month period in 2022. Snowflake enlisted the help of cybersecurity software vendor CrowdStrike and Alphabet’s Mandiant to investigate the breach. Mandiant has said through the “Victim Notification Program” the company and Snowflake have alerted 165 organizations that were potentially exposed in the incident. The incident has also been blamed on a financially motivated group referred to as UNC5537.

Other companies are connected to the Snowflake breach, including Advance Auto Parts, Lending Tree, Live Nation, and Santander Bank. AT&T is a much bigger company, with many more customers, and while the data does not include customer names, there are ways for hackers to find the name associated with a specific phone number.

Snowflake recommends administrators enforce the mandatory use of multi-factor authentication. Without this turned on, usernames and passwords can be sufficient for attackers to enter customers’ environments. To learn more about the incident, visit here.

MCG Referral Program

As we continue to grow our business with the help of our customers, we are excited to announce our new referral program. This program is available to anyone who takes the time to refer a business or business associate to MCG who may benefit from our services. Regardless of whether we end up turning the reference in to an active client, we will reward you with a choice of a bottle of wine, an American Express gift card, or a barbecue gift basket.

We will treat the reference to the same level of care you are already used to. And we will make sure to offer the reference a free consultation given the connection from a trusted partner of MCG.

If you have any questions or would like to forward a referral please reach out to Ken Goldberg at kgoldberg@managedresources.com or call him at the office.

AT&T Incident

MCG Referral Program

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