“Ransomware and online attacks can lead to deadly real-world consequences. Governments need to raise their game in response.” Via WIREDUK WIREDWorld2022
In 2022, cyber incidents will cause real and sustained disruption to our everyday comforts—and maybe kill people. This won’t be because of any great geopolitical development, but because a bunch of semi-sophisticated, well-organized, and mostly Russian criminals are increasingly out of control.
This will change, as cyber criminals increasingly attack in ways that cause far more hurtful and visible consequences. In the first half of 2021, the disruption to thein the United States left two-thirds of petrol stations in South Carolina empty, which spurred panic buying and all the risk that entails. Fresh food was given away in large quantities in Sweden because supermarket tills weren’t working. Schools were hit in New Zealand and the UK. Most dangerously, health care was targeted.