[Graphic News] Government agencies most common target of cyber attacks
By Chung Joo-wonPublished : March 21, 2013 - 19:54
The private Financial Security Agency said Thursday that the number of daily responses to cyber attacks from government and public organizations in 2011 was an average 20.5 times.
The financial sector, which was a target of Wednesday’s hacking attack, also responded 11.8 times on a daily basis to Advanced Persistent Threats. APT is a type of targeted cyber attack to access sensitive information.
By Chung Joo-won (joowonc@heraldcorp.com)