Unpacking its Cyber Signals report, Microsoft says large-scale sporting events will prove an attractive target for cyber attacks.
This is according to Microsoft, which unpacked the findings and insights of its most recent Cyber Signals report.
Microsoft found that the complexity, size, and sheer volume of connected devices that a large-scale event like the World Cup presents, poses increasingly difficult problems for those tasked with handling cybersecurity and privacy. Consequently, the IT systems at venues and arenas contain hundreds of known and unknown vulnerabilities that allow threat actors to target critical business services such as point-of-sale machines, IT infrastructures, and visitors’ smartphones.
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