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Cyber Insights Today October 22, 2024
Hosted by Richard Freiberg
Privacy and Security
I am Richard Freiberg., Today we will be addressing the impact of nation-state cyber-attacks on public sector services and citizens, as well as the broader implications for trust and infrastructure in part 1 of a 3 part series.
In June, Synnovis, a provider to the UK National Health Service (NHS), suffered a cyber-attack preventing the processing of blood test results and impacting thousands of patient appointments and surgeries. In 2017, the WannaCry attack, which spread to 150 countries disrupted NHS, limiting ambulance service, patient appointments, medical tests and results, and forcing the closure of various facilities.
In the United States, many private sector organizations providing public or critical infrastructure services have been significantly affected by cyberattacks. In 2021, JBS Foods, the largest US meat processor, was breached, forcing it to cease operations at 13 of its meat processing plants, impacting the US meat supply. One-month prior, Colonial Pipeline was hit with a ransomware cyberattack, causing a run-on gas in the eastern seaboard and requiring a presidential executive order to allow gas transport via semi- trucks.
While these are just a few notable examples, the impact ranges from delays and inconveniences to more significant repercussions like reduced capacity of healthcare services and other critical infrastructure. What’s harder to calculate is the degradation of trust when the public sector is compromised due to a cyber-attack.
Many of the attack techniques that we see nation-states use are picked up by more common cyber criminals shortly after. While nation-states do have advanced capabilities and visibility that are hard or impossible for cyber criminals to replicate, the general strategy for attackers is to target vulnerable perimeter devices such as VPNs or firewalls as an entry point to the network. Next, they focus on obtaining credentials while leveraging legitimate software to masquerade as normal activity while they scout the environments for valuable data or large repositories to disrupt.
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5 thoughts on “Cyber Insights Today October 22, 2024”
Cyber attacks are wild. Crazy how they impact everything!
Cyber attacks are serious, not just wild; they disrupt lives and systems significantly.
Cyber attacks can sometimes be overstated; not all disruptions are as severe as claimed.
Cyber attacks might seem serious, but sometimes they’re just exaggerated fears. Many systems recover quickly and adapt.
Cyber attacks? They’re overhyped. Most people don’t even notice.