Kaspersky Lab has warned of the possibility of a new global cyber attacks

Eugene Kaspersky said many times in speeches to attack WannaCry that extortion in 2017 can be rather sad trend, recalled in an interview with RIA Novosti Director of business development, security of critical infrastructure, «Kaspersky Lab» Andrei Suvorov.
 
The dependence of industrial companies from the IT technology makes them less attractive for hackers than banks, he said.
 
In 2017, two of the virus-the extortioner WannaCry and Petya struck IT systems of many companies around the world. In particular, WannaCry has suspended the operation of certain conveyors of automakers. The attack of the virus Petya was subjected to computers petroleum, energy, telecommunications, pharmaceutical companies, and government agencies.
 
«Because this story is just beginning, we can say that this is the first attempt of its kind testing. Eugene Kaspersky said many times in speeches to attack WannaCry that extortion in 2017 can be rather sad trend,» — said Suvorov.
 
He noted that currently, the dependence of companies on technology is very high.
 
«Information technology and everything that relates to computing systems, is a very expensive asset of any company. It is not so important to steal information from the accounts of card users or even from the correspondent accounts of banks. But rather to try to stop for a moment the work of the enterprise, which depends on IT, and ask money for it. It’s extortion with the knowledge of how much it might cost the company,» — said the expert.

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