Unlike the COVID-19 pandemic, there are no vaccines for this cyber epidemic.
Photo by Clint Patterson on Unsplash
Photo by Clint Patterson on Unsplash
Despite recent lockdowns, it can be said that Australia has managed the COVID-19 pandemic relatively well.
The same cannot be said about the cyber-attack pandemic, however.
Global cyber intrusions Accenture responded to in the first half of 2021 were 125% higher than the same period last year, according to Accenture’s Cyber Investigations, Forensics & Response (CIFR) team. Three countries suffered more than 70% of these incidents, with the US targeted 36% of the time, followed by the UK (24%) and Australia (11%) in third place.
It’s not a coincidence that these three countries share English as their native tongue. English is not only the…
