Cyber criminals are adopting a corrupt corporate culture to launch more sophisticated attacks.
That was one of the fascinating yet frightening takeouts from FINSIA’s latest webinar with Dentons, examining the growing risk from online hackers.
With an estimated six billion fake emails sent a day and the law firm having to fend off 11 malware emails a day, the size of the problem is obvious.
But it is the sophistication and organisation behind the growing threats that Dentons Intellectual Property and Information Technology Partner Robyn Chatwood described as so “shocking”.
Her comments came after solicitor and colleague Antonia Hudson debunked the idea of the image of the average hacker as a “pimply teenage boy” while highlighting the fact even teenagers have caused millions of dollars of damage.
Figures like Astra hacked confidential information about jet fighters and other military aircraft, then sold the secret information turned…