Dmitry Bestuzhev, senior director of BlackBerry’s Threat Research and Intelligence team, told Infosecurity that because government agencies handle citizens’ private information, “government data is gold [and] getting their hands on this sensitive data is considered ‘absolute success’ for both nation-states and financially motivated threat actors. It can also be used in additional cyber-attacks, such as high-quality spear phishing attacks.” “With limited resources and immature cyber defense programs, these organizations are struggling to defend against the double-pronged threat of both nation-states and cybercriminals, with hacks occurring with more frequency and severity.

Source: Infosecurity