Up by 150 per cent : Experts warn Australian Cyberattacks to grow exponentially
The number of cyberattacks against Australian organisations have more than doubled in the past several years, prompting new warnings from experts about the vulnerabilities in digital systems.
The warning follows 9News exclusively revealing that UnitingCare Queensland suffered a ransomware cyber-attack over the Anzac weekend, crippling hospitals and aged care centres.
The organisation has now joined a number of other major companies in Australia, including Lion Beverage Company, Toll Transport and Nine Entertainment (the publisher of this website), which have suffered significant attacks in the past 12 months.
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In ransomware attacks, hackers typically try to access and encrypt as much of an organisation s data as possible, rendering it impossible to access without a decryption key that the attacker owns, with its aim to be sold to the target.