2020 – what a year has it been so far… The world around has changed so much, so quickly. I wont touch here how serious the economical after effect is going to be, for everyone’s sake, including mine. 2020 and COVID-19 has already marked it’s place in the history. I still remember reading this article on 3rd of Jan 2020: Company shuts down because of ransomware, leaves 300 without jobs just before holidays. The actual company closure has been announced on 2nd of Jan. To cut the story short – the company has been hit with a ransomware attack and they’ve decided to pay the ransom hoping to get keys to their data back. What has happened next? They got asked for payment again, and again, and they’ve kept paying. And this has resulted in 300 people entering 2020 without a job. It was a very unpleasant read to me personally. The beginning of 2020 was not all bad news: The new decade has begun relatively well, with a six-month low of only 61 disclosed cyber security incidents. (and only 1.5 billion records breached, source). It will be interesting to see how the 2020 is going to end in...
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