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Asymmetric cyberwarfare: 'States increasingly use cyberattacks in support of their other objectives'
Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Rafe Pilling, Director of Threat Intelligence in the Sophos Counter Threat Unit (CTU). How can a minor cyber intrusion disrupt food supplies, expose the weaknesses of industrial infrastructure and become an instrument of geopolitical confrontation? The cyberattacks targeting supermarket refrigeration systems in France offer a revealing illustration of how digital…
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