Risk Insights
June 8, 2022

Ransomware: The world's no. 1 cybersecurity threat

Last month, Costa Rica was forced to declare a state of national emergency similar to those reserved for disasters. The culprit: ransomware attacks. The notorious Conti ransomware group began hacking the country in April, disrupting its finance ministry and other government agencies, according to the FBI.

To discuss this and other cyber threats, Mukul Pandya, former senior fellow at Wharton’s AI for Business program, spoke with David Lawrence, founder and chief collaborative officer of RANE, and Kevin Zerrusen, COO of Reality Defender, which has developed an enterprise-grade deepfake detection platform.

Read the article here.