Media-Insert Communications

Media-Insert Communications

The blog of Media-Insert Communications – featuring freelance P.R. and journalism links to the work of Graham A. Jarvis.

Editing, Journalism, Copywriting, and Public Relations

During the Covid-19 pandemic, hackers and fraudsters have been extremely active. During the first half of 2020, stimulated by the fact that more people began to work remotely from home, Bitdefender's Mid-Year Threat Landscape Report 2020 claims there was a 715 percent year-on-year increase in detected – and blocked – ransomware attacks. No organization, no data center, or state is immune to the attacks and for the cyber-criminals that perpetrate them, they can be rewarding.

Not quite so perhaps with the recent attacks on the Republic of Ireland’s healthcare system. An Irish minister has described it as “possibly the most significant cyber-crime attack on the Irish state” to date, and yet, its government is steadfastly standing firm and refusing to pay a ransom after consulting cyber-security experts.

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Client: Trudy Darwin Communications for Bridgeworks Ltd. Published by Data Center Dynamics, and bylined to David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks.

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