The hacker attack on Motel One – and what other companies can learn from it

2023-10-07 13:55:30

On the other hand, the extortion money only ensures that the criminal economy on the Internet continues to grow. In fact, the victims of an attack finance their payments so that the hackers can then attack the next few companies. Conversely, if you don’t pay, the blackmail business becomes a little less profitable. If all companies adequately protected their IT and their data stocks, consistently plugged vulnerabilities in their computer systems and effectively encrypted sensitive databases and regularly secured them indestructibly, then the shadow economy on the Internet would inevitably dry up.