CYBERSECURITY

Terry Ray , Senior Vice President at Imperva , says there ' s a multibillion dollar incentive for countries to manufacture their own vaccine . “ People might think doctors and physicians are collaborating enough that everybody knows how everybody ' s doing , but there ' s still intellectual property at each one of their organisations , containing information on how they are getting mRNA results from their vaccines . If you ' re able to hack into one , and you have all of the intellectual property from these vendors , you can pick and choose and build it yourself , particularly in countries where there may be fewer trade laws and regulations .” National vaccination programmes are presenting another opportunity for hackers . “ Whenever a new iPhone gets released it ' s a major target for phishers , getting people to click on a link to see all the new features of the iPhone ” Ray explains . “ Now think

TERRY RAY SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY , IMPERVA

about COVID-19 vaccine testing sites , with information on where vaccines are available . People will click on these links .

“ My 77-year-old mother-in-law just got her vaccination . To do it she had to go to a website and sign up for a date and time . How is that website secured ? What does it know about her ? What ’ s sitting behind her information , that shows why she can get the vaccine instead of somebody else ? We ' ve seen a major uptick in people trying to get in and be able to gather that information in the last 90 days ” Ray says .

There are also attacks designed simply to sow chaos . “ There are some hackers that just like to cause problems ,” Williams says . “ The medical industry may be impacted by that . A

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