Hit me when I’m down – The gloves are off in cyber attacks
Tags: BBC, Business Continuity Plan, Cyber attack, down, gloves, IT Risk, Natwest, RBS, Ulster Bank
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We all know in boxing that you cannot hit below the belt as well as hit someone when they are on the canvas. Sadly, in the world of IT security and hackers there are no such rules. Watching the recent real world events in the banking world, we have seen a number of banks hit with cyber attacks in the run up to the Christmas period. Consumers relying on payments and being able to make purchases have been disrupted, dare I say, yet again. Poor old RBS group and especially NatWest seem to have taken the brunt of the hits in the past weeks (NatWest, Ulster Bank)
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