8 in 10 businesses worried about state-sponsored cyberattacks: Survey

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8 in 10 businesses worried about state-sponsored cyberattacks: Survey

New Delhi: Nearly eight in 10 businesses globally feel that the pandemic has increased the likelihood of a state-led or -sponsored cyberattack on their organisation, revealed a new survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and the Cybersecurity Tech Accord on Monday.

The businesses call for greater international political cooperation to mitigate these state-sponsored threats.

The survey was conducted between November and December 2020, before the pernicious cyberattack on software company SolarWinds came to light that affected over nine federal agencies and 100 organisations, according to the White House.

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