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Can smart cities be secured and trusted?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

It is the year 2030, and you have had another busy day. A report by US cyber-security firm Recorded Future published last May highlighted a spike in ransomware attacks targeting US cities. Panic sets in, but you push past it and put a plan into motion. To pick your daughter up from school, you call a driverless car.

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The rise of cyber crime

IT Governance

The first ransomware attack was reported in 1989. Nowadays, a lot of companies would have been happy to pay $189 – especially the South Korean company ‘Nayana’, which had to pay approximately $1 million in a ransomware attack earlier this year. So, where did it all start? So, what does the future of cyber crime look like?