Why do people carry out CyberAttacks?
Why do people carry out CyberAttacks?
I experienced a Cyber Attack during today’s webinar on Google Meet, which was both shocking and unexpected.
This incident raised two crucial questions in my mind:
🔹 Why do people carry out hashtagCyberAttacks?
– hashtagFinancial gain: hashtagCybercriminals aim to steal sensitive data like credit card numbers for monetary gain.
Most attacks are facilitated through Bots and AI, offering high rewards at minimal costs.
– hashtagRevenge: Some attacks intend to cause chaos or embarrassment as a form of retaliation or challenge.
Today, our Russian friends were on a mission while hacking, showcasing an intellectual challenge with ‘white hat’ hacking (a session for another day).
Learnt a new term that Amateur hackers are known as ‘script kiddies’.
Phew, so much learning for the day!
🔹 Is my data and that of my participants safe?
I found reassurance in discovering that hashtagGoogleMeet employs encryption, making data extraction nearly impossible.
Moreover, Google respects privacy by not tracking meeting information, only collecting basic details like location and email addresses.
Trusting Google Operations Center‘s commitment to data security, we are grateful for our partnership with Google For Education (still awaiting official recognition for identifying a bug in Google Meet!)
Kudos to the team and participants for their calm response in resetting the link promptly.
This experience marks our journey towards becoming Cyber Mature. hashtagCyberSecurity hashtagDataPrivacy hashtagGoogleMeet hashtagCyberAttack hashtagTeamwork