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Cyberattack Odds from a Poker Pro
One of the world’s best female poker players, Liv Boeree, and encrypted communication app Wire lay out the odds of cyberattacks in familiar terms
“Your chances of spotting a phishing email are as slim as you hitting a specific number (out of 37, including 0 and 00) on the roulette wheel.”
“The chances of your business avoiding a malware attack (next year) are as unlikely as pulling the Ace of Spades from a shuffled deck on one try.”
“There’s a 50/50 chance of your company suffering a costly Denial of Service (DoS) attack over twelve months.”
“A business is over ten times more likely to suffer a week-long downtime from a ransomware attack than you are to suffer a house fire.”
“Your business was five times more likely to suffer a debilitating ransomware attack in 2018 than you were to be involved in a car accident.”
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