Don’t get hacked these holidays: security tips for media companies
17 December 2021 · News · Technology News
Have you noticed more #BREAKING news tweets in your twitter feed lately?
Or alerts about Covid by people calling themselves Doctor?
At radioinfo we are hearing an alarming amount of stories lead...
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Let's not forget that in addition to email attacks from phishing and fake news, that in March 2021, Nine Media's computers were violated which resulted in its transmission facilities and the resulting transmission of programs being affected. One executive likened going from a "...Lamborghini to a Datsun 180B..."
Refs:
https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/suspected-cyberattack-hits-nine-20210328-p57epg
https://www.smh.com.au/national/why-was-nine-hacked-and-how-do-cyber-attacks-actually-work-20210329-p57ewm.html
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/29/whiteboards-and-textas-nine-reverts-to-old-technology-as-cyber-attack-hits-tv-and-papers
This site also covered the story.
The how-to of prevention is another topic.
Thank you,
Anthony of exciting and let's not forget of exciting Belfield, on the lands of the Wangal and Darug peoples of the Eora Nation.