Mar 2, 2021 Cyberattacks evolved in 2020 as threat actors sought to profit from the unprecedented socioeconomic, business and political challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020, IBM Security X-Force observed attackers pivoting their attacks to businesses for which global Covid-19 response efforts heavily relied, such as hospitals, medical and pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as energy companies powering the Covid-19 supply chain. According to the 2021 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, cyberattacks on healthcare, manufacturing, and energy doubled from the year prior, with ...