Security News > 2024 > July > How nation-state cyber attacks disrupt public services and undermine citizen trust

In this Help Net Security interview, Rob Greer, VP and GM of the Enterprise Security Group at Broadcom, discusses the impact of nation-state cyber attacks on public sector services and citizens, as well as the broader implications for trust and infrastructure.

How do nation-state attacks affect the public sector and services provided to citizens?

All attacks, nation-state or not, have the potential to impact public sector services and the citizens who rely on them.

A cyber attack in the Ukraine in 2015 brought down power for 230,000 customers, and such attacks have continued to disrupt the Ukrainian power grid since then.

What's harder to calculate is the degradation of trust when the public sector is compromised due to a cyber attack.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/07/08/rob-greer-broadcom-nation-state-attacks/