Comments from Arbor Networks - JD Wetherspoon attack
December 2015 by Richard Brown, Director EMEA Channels & Alliances at Arbor Networks
Following the news that JD Wetherspoon was hit by a cyber-attack, please see below comments from Richard Brown, Director EMEA Channels & Alliances at Arbor Networks:
“This is just the latest attack in what is a long line of breaches against large well-known organisations storing huge volumes of at-risk customer data. The fact that over 500,000 customer details were stolen and the threat remained undetected until now highlights the huge problem organisations are now facing. Hackers hiding in networks and using more advance techniques to stay invisible is an increasing trend. Businesses need to realise that hackers continue to evolve and are one of the biggest threats to their reputation, profitability and customer base.
“To improve their chances of detecting a breach earlier rather than later, organisations need to move beyond an incident response plan and instead look at ‘hunting’ for vulnerabilities using threat intelligence. This will allow security teams to detect unusual network activities and trends as soon they happen, and also enable them to deal with any issues immediately.”