Business Disruption a Major Focus for Cyber Attacks in 2015

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    In a study by Mandiant Consulting, 2015 saw a marked increase in business disruption-type cyber attacks, including ransomware attacks where users’ data and computers were held hostage. 2015 also saw attacks which taunted the victims and threatened to release sensitive data held by the attackers. Many of these attacks were to make a political point or to embarrass the data owners.  Read more at Dark Reading.

    Image via Edgewave for Friday
    Image via Edgewave for Friday