Technology becomes most targeted industry by cybercriminals in 2019 (Naushad K. Cherrayil/TechRadar)

Fuelled by significant increases in application-specific and DoS/DDoS attacks along with weaponisation of IoT attacks


Technology was the most attacked industry by cybercriminals in 2019 accounting for 25% of all attacks, compared to 17% last year.


The sector was previously the second most attacked industry in 2017 and 2018 but 2019 has seen significant increases in application-specific and DoS/DDoS attacks, along with weaponisation of IoT attacks contributed to technology becoming the most attacked industry, according to NTT’s Global Threat Intelligence Report.


Matthew Gyde, President and CEO of the Security Division at NTT Ltd, said the technology sector experienced a 70% increase in overall attack volume. ...



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