The hackers are at it again with their cyber attack armour on! It seems that during the COVID-19 pandemic they are keeping busy with finding new ways to carry out cyber attacks. EasyJet is the latest to suffer an attack and have issued their formal announcement with the bad news.
We’ve probably all at some time in the past had someone try to use our bank cards; you get that scary call from the banking fraud team and wonder how much it’s going to cost you! Or you go to pay for that new shiny item only to have your card embarrassingly declined. Or, or, or – one way or another it’s happened to us or we know someone it’s happened to.
On a personal level, it feels like you’ve had a burglary, a complete invasion of privacy. On a corporate level, it can be the difference between business as usual and the end of the line with money transfer scams being so sophisticated that they can replicate our current suppliers and trick the best of us. Nasty stuff but they’re out there and we need to protect ourselves.
In this post, we provide the statistics and steps that can help to protect you and your business/employer.
The UK Government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey updated on 20th March 2020 reveals:
“Almost half of businesses (46%) and a quarter of charities (26%) report having cybersecurity breaches or attacks in the last 12 months. Like previous years, this is higher among medium businesses (68%), large businesses (75%) and high-income charities (57%)”
According to CompTIA’s study employee error accounts for 52% of these breaches – not intentionally of course but weak passwords and a failure to identify phishing attacks are common problems. Alarming figures!
It seems that EasyJet became aware of the breach in January of this year and have been investigating internally. According to the BBC EasyJet “did not provide details about the nature of the attack or the motives, but said its investigation suggested hackers were targeting “company intellectual property” rather than information that could be used in identity theft.
Keeping one step ahead of the hacker’s mindset will help to keep you safe. The ICO (Information Commissioners Office) has provided information on steps you can take to minimise an attack. Have a good read through as a minimum.
Other steps to take include:
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