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Ransomware targeting cloud services one of the biggest cyber threats to organizations: MIT

January 03, 2018 Reprints

A review by U.S.-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology predicted that ransomware targeting cloud services is one of the six biggest cyber threats that organizations across the world are likely to face in 2018, Computerweekly.com reported. MIT said that smaller cloud providers are likely to be more vulnerable and pay up if customer data were encrypted and held for ransom. Cyber attacks targeting electrical grids, transportation systems and other types of national critical infrastructure are also expected to increase.

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