From: Australian Mining
Every day Australia’s mining sector is under attack from cybercriminals both foreign and domestic, doing their outmost to gain any information on new contracts, mining operations and site specifics that can be used, or sold to the highest bidder.
According to Symantec, more than 43 per cent the world’s mining and oil companies were hacked or underwent some sort of cyber-attack in the past year. Furthermore, as attacks increase so does the level of new technology and as more mining companies begin to upgrade their networks and SCADA systems, they unwittingly give rise to new vulnerabilities.
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