NASDAQ’s computer systems breach of last year is still worrying security experts investigating the incident. It is reported that the attack was actually more complex than it was thought to be and the long term impact is still unknown. According to NASDAQ’s CEO they put in a lot of money to safeguard their networks which are constantly being targeted. While, it comes as no surprise that FBI declares that the financial services sector is the one that attracts the highest number of attacks and is under constant threat, the tools used by cyber criminals are becoming more intelligent and threatening. This dictates the need of a more coordinated approach has to be put in place by all governments and security authorities.
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