The World Economic Forum ranks cyber attacks third behind extreme weather and natural disasters.
Across the world, we’ve never been more connected to the internet. Our devices, our infrastructure – everything – is connected. And it’s because of this that the threat of cyber attacks and cybercrime is growing. Growing so much, in fact, that the World Economic Forum now lists “Cyber Attacks” as the third biggest threat to mankind.
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Unfortunately, this is real life. And according to the WEF’s Global Risks Report 2018, cyber attacks and cyber warfare sit right behind extreme weather events and natural disasters in terms of what’s likely to cause the most disruption in the next five years.
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss-based international organization concerned with improving the state of the world by “engaging business political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.”
Among the chief concerns listed by the WEF’s report is Ransomware, a particularly dangerous type of malware…
