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Why Cyber Monday attacks cost up to $3.4M per hour in losses

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LAUREN ADAMS
November 12, 2015 - 2 min read

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The holiday season is approaching and for cyber criminals, this period is typically a feeding frenzy to hunt and exploit vulnerable businesses and employees.The statistics are staggering!

  • 64% of organizations report an increase in cyber-crime on Cyber Monday*
  • 30 million malicious tweets are sent daily*
  • Phishing links skyrocket by around 336% during Thanksgiving**
  • Organizations get hit with losses of about $500k per hour when compromised***

The overall cost to an organization, including damages to reputation and brand, can be as high as $3.4M per hour. And yet, only 70% of companies take extra precautions in anticipation of these higher risks.*** How confident are you that your employees will not be used as a Trojan horse to compromise more sensitive company information?

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  • 5 key ways cyber criminals will target your employees and infiltrate your organization
  • Key insights into holiday activity from Zscaler's Security-as-service platform
  • Tell-tale signs that you have been compromised
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*Inc. - How Hackers Will Attack on Cyber Monday
**Huffington Post Tech - Five Ways You'll Be Hacked on Cyber Monday
***Computer Business Review - Cyber Monday attacks could cost organizations up to $3.4m per hour

 

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