Could You Be A Foreign Government’s Next Target?
Why you, too, are vulnerable to an attack — and what you can do about it.
When most people think of the cyber threat posed by foreign governments, it seems distant and impersonal. You might picture a foreign government trying to hack into a US government computer for espionage, for instance. But you’re probably not thinking that a foreign government could be interested in your personal gmail account.
Think again. Individuals like you and me are becoming a more appealing target. That’s because foreign governments can now target individuals at scale, and without as much risk of blowback as they could face from targeting government computers or critical infrastructure. Thanks to recent technological advances, adversaries can now identify new targets in large tranches of personally identifiable information (PII), use refined data analytic capabilities to prioritize whom to pursue, and quickly develop customized cyber operations to harass or coerce individuals to do their bidding.
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