Help

BI’s Article search uses Boolean search capabilities. If you are not familiar with these principles, here are some quick tips.

To search specifically for more than one word, put the search term in quotation marks. For example, “workers compensation”. This will limit your search to that combination of words.

To search for a combination of terms, use quotations and the & symbol. For example, “hurricane” & “loss”.

Login Register Subscribe

Cyber attacks on Dutch government double in last two years

Reprints

Data from the National Cyber Security Center of the Netherlands has shown that cyber attacks against the country's systems and websites have doubled in the last two years, reports NL Times citing the Volkskrant newspaper.

The NCSC received 293 reports of attacks against government systems and websites During the year ended May. There has been a considerable rise in attacks on businesses as well. An increased use of cryptoware has been reported in the last few months. The hackers use cryptoware to lock files on computers and then demand money in return for unlocking the files.

Read more