Nation-state sponsored cyberattacks are far more common than most people think, according to a recently-released report commissioned by CrowdStrike, which found that 81% of the 1,900 senior IT leaders and security professionals agreeing with the sentiment. When asked what would motivate a nation-state to attack, only 5% believe their organization is not at risk. The survey also concludes that 73% believe nation-state sponsored attacks have the potential to pose the single biggest threat to their organization in 2020. The stats are attention-grabbing and so is the study’s sponsor.
CrowdStrike is notorious because its incident response team reported that Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in 2016.
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