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- A $2.5 Billion Whodunit: The Hack That Dented the U.K. Economy
The hack was alarming, but also mysterious. There was never a demand for money, as is common in such intrusions. A loose collective of hackers that included some in Britain took credit. Their claim led to news media speculation that they were the culprits.They were not. A group of Russian hackers was responsible, according to five people familiar with an investigation into the hack. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case
- Why Your Business Continuity Plan Isn't Being Used | CRS
In my experience, organisations that come to me for consultancy often share a similar story. They had a business continuity plan in place, sometimes one they had developed internally, sometimes one built by a previous consultant. Something went wrong, and nobody invoked it. Not because the disruption was trivial, but because nobody felt confident enough in the plan to use it. People muddled through. They made phone calls, worked late, found workarounds, and got on with it. The formal plan, with its carefully documented escalation procedures and recovery time objectives, sat untouched - Hacker nutzen Sommerurlaub für Cyberangriffe auf Unternehmen
Angreifer richten ihre Aktivitäten gezielt nach organisatorischen Rhythmen in Unternehmen aus. Urlaubsabwesenheiten, lückenhafte Vertretungsregelungen und reduzierte Kontrollprozesse in den Sommermonaten bieten Schwachstellen, die von Kriminellen ausgenutzt werden. Laut dem Schadensbericht des Cyberassekuradeurs Stoïk gehören die Monate Juli und August zu den schadensintensivsten Phasen des Jahres