Preparing Private Companies for Politically Motivated Cyberattacks
Law firms in the midst
of large and publicly reported M&A deals, accounting firms during return
season, and Facebook at just about any moment, should all assume that they are
being targeted by hackers. However, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS)
announcement
that Iranian regime actors and proxies have been using “wiper” attacks adds a
new indicator: geopolitical importance during politically sensitive times.
The director of the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a tweet late
last week notifying the public that Iran is…
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