Recovery, Renewal, Resilience

Lessons for Resilience

Consider prioritising the threat to cyber security given that many services have or will move online
Topic:
Infrastructure
Keywords:
Risk and security
Content:

Hacking may have a cascading effect, for example, a cyber-attack on a trucking company could impact food security. The disruption could affect weekly food deliveries to supermarkets. In turn, the loss of revenue would weaken the business sustainability of distributors and producers.

Risks include:

  • Hackers crashing Zoom meetings, disrupting conversations of government officials who conduct remote discussions (USA)
  • False emails from the US Department of Health and Human Services are targeting supplier companies. They request protective equipment described in an attachment infected with malware. (USA)
  • A cyberattack on Italy's social security system (INPS) has revealed Personally Identifiable Information to applicants as they were attempting to claim benefits (Italy)
Source link(s):
  • United States of America