Cyber Threats: Why the Construction Industry Could be the Next Big Target
While the health care sector consistently sees the highest number of cyber threats and data breaches, sectors with heavy construction presences like the technology, energy, professional services and industrial sectors annually make appearances in the top-five targeted sectors.
August 12, 2021 at 01:31 PM
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ConstructionA week before Christmas in 2013, a small Pittsburgh-based mechanical contractor gained notoriety as the source of one of the largest data breaches in history. Using a set of pilfered network credentials stolen from that contractor, criminals gained access to the global payment and billing network for retail giant Target. Once inside Target's network, the criminals utilized a sophisticated form of malware (i.e., malicious software) to identify and access approximately 40 million credit and debit card accounts.
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