75%

Percentage of attacks that were 'opportunistic not targetted at specific individual or company.

42%
Increase in targeted attacks

19%
Percentage of attacks perpetrated by state actors.

31%
Percentage of targeted attacks aimed at businesses with less than 250 employees

China Hacks Weapon Systems, Dams; Iran Hacks Energy Installations

These are all very critical weapons systems, critical to our national security. When I hear this in totality, its breathtaking. Mark Stokes, executive director of the Project 2049 Institute

In the wrong hands, the Army Corps of Engineers database could be a cyber attack roadmap for a hostile state or terrorist group to disrupt power grids or target dams in this country . . . Michelle Van Cleave, a senior counterintelligence policymaker

[Hacking energy installations] is representative of stepped up cyber activity by the Iranian regime. The more they do this, the more our concerns grow. Anonymous Pentagon Source

Cyber-attacks ranging from phishing to malware infection to unfriendly More than a dozen utilities reported daily, constant, or frequent attempted probes. One utility reported that it was the target of approximately 10,000 attempted cyber-attacks each month. Congressional Report
(c) Internet Law Center 2013

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