“SMALLER” SYSTEMIC CYBER ATTACKS ARE HAPPENING – IT WILL GET WORSE

Posted on January 7, 2021 at 10:00 am

The world was caught by surprise in May 2017 by the WannaCry ransomware attack. In June of the same year, a more damaging attack – NotPetya – infected many major global corporations leading to IT infrastructure damage and business disruption. The two events caused over $10 billions of economic loss and serve as a dramatic reminder of the potential for cyber-attacks of a systemic nature to cause damage at scale.