Last week Facebook’s databank security was breached, which resulted in many billions of account holder’s personal details being compromised. To the general public this didn’t mean much, but to anyone with the slightest knowledge of the growing concerns of cybercrime in recent years, the news wasn’t reassuring at all. If the most widely used social media company can so easily be obstructed, what chances do the myriad of small businesses and government institutions- all of whom have records and highly confidential data stored on online servers, stand? We are practically living online today, dependent on IT infrastructure for everything -from banking and finances to air travel and daily public transport. One virtual attack is enough to bring a city to a standstill, cause public mayhem, and introduce chaos. Here are some future predictions on cyber attacks that we must be aware of.
