Australian companies hit every seven minutes by a cyber attack

A new report by security company Crowdstrike has identified a growing number of cyber threats targeting corporates over the past 12 months. The report says one potential intrusion was uncovered every 7 minutes over the year, many directed at consumer focused industries - where vulnerable account data, credit card details and other personal information is stored.

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