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According to recent research, ransomware attacks netted more than US$350 million for hacker groups in 2020.
CYBERATTACKS used to be considered an arcane realm of national security and geopolitical competition, but not anymore. Given the proliferation of hacker groups using ransomware, cyberattacks are now a genuine global commercial enterprise for a new wave of organized crime.
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CYBERATTACKS used to be considered an arcane realm of national security and geopolitical competition, but not anymore. Given the proliferation of hacker groups using ransomware, cyberattacks are now a genuine global commercial enterprise for a new wave of organized crime.
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Nobody pays attention when Scott Jones’ team fends off 2 to 7 billion that’s right, billion cyberattacks of various degrees of maliciousness every day.
But one breach and the importance of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, the institute that Jones runs, comes into sharp focus.
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The ransomware attack that hit Georgia, U.S.-based Colonial Pipeline Co. reverberated across the world and caught the attention of industry and intelligence agencies, which scurried to compare notes and raise the alarm.
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A cyberattack on a U.S. pipeline company last week should act as a “wake-up call” to everyone including Canadian companies, consumers and governments, says the head of Canada’s pipeline association.
Colonial Pipeline was forced to shut down for six days after becoming aware of hackers infiltrating their systems on May 7. The shutdown resulted in fuel shortages and widespread panic buying, even after the pipeline network restarted, according to Reuters.
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