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How the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for cybersecurity - Rize ETF

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an expectation on today’s digital infrastructure to remain functional, resilient and impervious at a time when it’s most under stress – from not only overuse and data loads but also cyber-attacks.

Posted on Nov 11, 2020

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... The first ever recorded cyber-attack dates back to 1988. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this attack, it exploited a worm known as the “Morris Worm”, which started to install itself on computers, infecting them and debilitating them before finally crashing them. The worm damaged approximately 6000 computers, representing – at the time – roughly 10% of the entire internet. Over the ensuing decades, computing and connectivity would become even more ubiquitous, as how we work and play increasingly went online; and where, the combination of chips and sensors would become the very fabric of our how we live our lives.

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