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The fictional cyberattacks of Hollywood films are become a reality. How can we prepare effectively?
Ever since 1983’s
WarGames, cybersecurity attacks have become a staple of blockbuster Hollywood films. The trite image of a youth in a hoodie hovering over a keyboard and threatening national security is ingrained in our collective memories. Since the internet went ‘mainstream’, nation states, companies and individuals exist in an increasingly digitised world. We rely heavily on secure and stable IT and OT systems to lead our daily lives, to run companies and to govern countries. Cyberattacks are designed to disrupt this;
He also said there would be no need for any member of the gang to come to Ireland as part of the preparation for the attack.
While larger, richer countries might be expected to pay higher ransoms to protect their health services and therefore a more likely target, they would also be expected to have better resourced protection of critical national IT infrastructure, Mr Jacobs said, which could explain why Ireland was attacked.
Mr Jacobs added it might be precisely because of the pandemic that the HSE was chosen.
âThe more vulnerable you are, the more likely you might be considered to pay a ransom.â
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The EU should do more to deter cyber-attacks from malicious actors targeting the bloc’s critical infrastructure and essential services, according to a draft EU Council response to the European Commission’s new cybersecurity strategy.
The document, obtained by EURACTIV, is currently being debated by representatives from EU member states in the EU Council, after having been drawn up by the Portuguese Presidency of the EU at the start of the year.
Honing in on the efficacy of the bloc’s 2017 cyber diplomacy toolbox, which broadly outlines how EU nations should respond when facing cyber attacks, the EU council document states that further discussions should be held on the scope of the measures, with a view to further “preventing and countering cyberattacks with systemic effects that might affect our supply chains, critical infrastructure and essential services.”