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The incident underscores the growth in the sophistication and number of cyber attacks in recent weeks. Critical infrastructure such as energy pipelines, government websites and numerous companies have all reported attacks. Indeed, Indigo Books & Music Inc., Canada’s biggest bookstore chain, has been facing a ransomware attack since Feb. 8.Article content
This week’s episode of Down to Business examines the impact of this trend through interviews with Ali Deghantanha, a professor at the University of Guelph and a Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence; Matt Malone, an assistant professor at Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law and Branka Marijan, a senior researcher at Project Ploughshares, a Canadian peace research institute. As always the interviews are edited for clarity and brevity.
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