A former FBI cybercrime investigator told StateScoop this week that the coronavirus pandemic’s effect of forcing entire organizations to work remotely has given ransomware actors a bigger canvas than before, while hackers’ tactics continue to mature into new threats.
The introduction of dozens, hundreds or thousands of personal devices and home Wi-Fi networks connecting into government IT infrastructure — as well as the surge in demand for digital government services — has the potential to stretch the public sector’s cybersecurity resources thinner than ever before, said Austin Berglas, a former assistant special agent in charge of cyber investigations for the FBI’s New York Field Office.
