The world paid $ 45bn to the Cyber Attacks of 2018

$ 45bn is the estimated loss to the cyber attacks of 2018

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A study shows that the Cyber Attacks in 2018 earned around $ 45bn – a huge loss for the governments. This result has been surveyed this year after the consecutive failed attempts by the native governments worldwide to stop the malicious activities such as ransomware, browser hijacking etc. from harming the computers.

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The reports also put some light on the fact that the cyber criminals have become more vigilant and choose their victims in a sophisticating manner. Many attacks could have been avoided from penetrating the systems if the cyber security would have been improved a bit.


Other prominent losses were due to multiple fraudulent business emails’ take-over along with ‘cryptojacking’ and network hijacking to generate BTC or other digital currencies – claims The Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance according to the data compiled from United States and other international reports.
The security analysts around the world claim to have found more than 6500 multiple computer take-overs and exposed around five billion records in the calendar year of 2018. As many attacks among these were not reported, the reports’ conclusions are not certain – says the Alliance director, Jeff Wilbur.

He further said,” The financial Impact on cybercrime is up significantly and cyber criminals are becoming more skilled at profiting from their attacks.”

The results claim that only ransomware generated revenue of around $ 8 billion for the developers. Of these attacks, some were the eminent incidents that targeted Atlanta, Baltimore and Georgia along with Maryland. These attacks compelled governments to update their security systems.   

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