If a company as experience in cyber security such as Deloitte is attacked, what does this mean for the rest of the world? Cybercrime is a fast growing, global problem, and despite the estimated $100 billion being spent on cyber security technologies, the problem is getting worse not better. Is a completely different approach required, perhaps something that the criminals themselves have not thought about, or will this continue to be one gigantic cat and mouse game? Either way, new thinking is required.
Exclusive: hackers may have accessed usernames, passwords and personal details of top accountancy firm’s blue-chip clients One of the world’s “big four” accountancy firms has been targeted by a sophisticated hack that compromised the confidential emails and plans of some of its blue-chip clients, the Guardian can reveal. Deloitte, which is registered in London and has its global headquarters in New York, was the victim of a cybersecurity attack that went unnoticed for months.