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May 3 2010 2:36PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
cyberextortion, Security
Overheard talking about cyberextortion
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
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CSIS surveyed more than 600 IT and security executives who work for many of the companies that run critical infrastructure facilities. The survey found that one-in-five critical infrastructure entities reported being the victim of extortion through cyberattack or threatened cyberattack within the past two years.
Robert Westervelt, Security expert predicts criminals to take cyber extortion tactics to the U.S. |
Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is cyberextortion.





