Amid fears that the newly mutated & detected Omicron variant of Corona could trigger a lockdown across the world, security experts warn that some group of threat actors probably funded by adversary governments are threatening to disrupt the healthcare services and vaccine supply meant to contain the spread of COVID-19 on a global note.
According to a study made by researchers from Barracuda Networks, hospitals and healthcare organizations are at a greater risk of being cyber attacked in 2022 that is only a couple of days away.
The cloud based security services provider opinions that companies operating across the world, irrespective of the business field they are in, should proactively plan to secure their infrastructure from all kinds of cyber threats including ransomware attacks.
It’s perceived that security related conversations will dominate the year 2022, as data storage can no longer be leveraged without accountability.
Hence, companies should be cautious while implementing new technologies, as they can lead to privacy concerns, if neglected.
Ransomware is perceived to dominate the whole of next year, as hacking groups will try their best to extort money by stealing or locking up valuable data or software from access.
So, all the company CEOs and CTOs out there whose business is related to vaccine research or supply you better be aware of the upcoming crisis and take proactive measures to avoid them by all means.
Note- A threat group possibly funded by North Korea intelligence was after the vaccine development data of AstraZeneca last year. However, it failed in stealing the vital info related to the British drug maker.
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December 30, 2021 at 10:20AM
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