WHOLESALERS ARE JUICY TARGET FOR CYBERCRIMINALS
February 1st, 2016
WHOLESALERS in Britain and abroad are attractive targets for cybercriminals police and security experts warn.
Indeed, the UK wholesale industry emerged as among the top industry target for attackers in 2014, according to a 2015 study by technology giant IBM.
Police suggest that wholesalers are targeted for ransomware; online ID fraud; phishing attacks; email scams and hacking for two reasons. Firstly, their position in the supply chain means that targeting them can lead to a rich seam of other targets. Wholesalers carry databases with information about ...
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