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…