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Restructuring of networks amid pandemic exposed India to cyber attacks: Report
Due to the immediate push, several IT companies were unable to scale up their cloud security postures which led to cyber attacks
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. Updated: 20 Dec 2020, 06:46 PM IST PTI
According to the report, India was ranked second after the US among the top 5 countries most affected by ransomware attacks in the third quarter
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The sudden rush to provide remote access to employees by restructuring network and security systems during the lockdown made India vulnerable to ransomware attacks in the third quarter of current year, according to cyber security firm Check Point Software Technologies.
The sudden rush to provide remote access to employees by restructuring network and security systems during the lockdown made India vulnerable to ransomware attacks in the third quarter of current year, according to cyber security firm Check Point Software Technologies. Due to the immediate push, several IT companies were unable to scale up their cloud security postures which led to increased opportunity for cyber criminals to carry out attacks, Check Point Software Technologies India and SAARC Managing Director Sundar N Balasubramanian told PTI. According to the company s research, India was ranked second after the US among the top 5 countries most affected by ransomware attacks in the third quarter.
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After declining in the previous year, drug overdose deaths in the United States rose 18 percent in the 12-month period beginning Jun. 2019 and ending May 2020. According to the CDC, drug overdose deaths were already on the rise in 2019 but accelerated during the early months of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
A new CDC report reveals that approximately 81,230 people fatally overdosed in the United States during the 12-month period. It s the largest number of drug overdoses for a one-year period ever recorded.
According to estimates, the report notes the largest monthly increases occurred in March and April, coinciding with the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the first lockdowns, and the fever pitch of media hysteria over the virus. The estimates for overdose deaths in those two months are the largest on record since provisional 12-month estimates began to be calculated in January 2015.