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The global network attack has brought disastrous effects, with losses up to 53 billion dollars!

  

In the era of rapid development of information technology, computer network has increasingly become an important means of information exchange. Because the computer network is open and interconnected, the network is often attacked by hackers, hackers, malicious software, etc.

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Recently, Lloyd's, the largest insurance agency in the UK, released a new global network security insurance research report. Hong Kong vps The report said that global extreme cyber attacks may trigger economic losses of up to 53 billion dollars, which is the "US super storm Sandy caused a loss of 50 billion dollars" in 2012.

The report jointly written by Lloyd's and the risk modeling company Cyence predicted the potential economic losses caused by the leakage of computer systems operated by global enterprises and the network attacks of cloud service providers.

Inga Beale, CEO of Lloyd's, said: "Because the network is virtual, it is difficult to know how big things will be in a major event."

Lloyd's believes that it is difficult for insurance companies to foresee network related losses, and they may suffer losses when their interest in cybercrime and cybercrime increases. At present, one of the main challenges faced by insurance companies is the lack of historical data as a basis for assumptions.

Looking back at the historical events in the past, Wanna Cry's extortion spread to more than 100 countries around the world in May, resulting in a global loss of $8 billion. In June, the "NotPetya" virus attack first infected Ukrainian computers and then spread to global businesses. It encrypts the data on the infected machine and destroys the activities of ports, law firms and factories. NotPetya's economic cost is 850 million US dollars.

According to the scale of cyber attacks, the scale of economic losses ranges from 4.6 billion dollars to 5.3 billion dollars (large-scale, extreme events). However, the report said that the actual loss could be as high as $112.1 billion. Bill said in June that Lloyd's accounted for 20% to 25% of the $2.5 billion online insurance market.