Cyber-attacks are a top three risk to society

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/cyber-att ... e-weather/

Nations' reliance on the internet and connected services means the potential damage from cyber-attacks is one of the biggest risks facing the world today.

But that's relatively low-level - ransomware - compared with what could be achieved should cyber-attackers -- whether backed by a nation or an organised criminal gang -- focus more of their attention on industry and critical infrastructure.

"In a worst-case scenario, attackers could trigger a breakdown in the systems that keep societies functioning,"

Last year's Global Risks Report warned of the potential threat posed by insecure Internet of Things devices and a year of IoT-related security incidents hasn't done anything to dampen the threat, with hackers increasingly turning their attention to these devices as a potential backdoor into networks.

"Cybercriminals have an exponentially increasing number of potential targets, because the use of cloud services continues to accelerate and the Internet of Things is expected to expand from an estimated 8.4 billion devices in 2017 to a projected 20.4 billion in 2020.

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