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Fear of cyberattack widespread in US: Pew survey
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IANS | 10 Jan, 2019
Roughly eight-in-ten or more in the US say public infrastructure will be
damaged, national security information will be accessed, or elections
will be tampered with via cyberattack, according to a survey by the Pew
Research Center.
Across the 26 countries surveyed, nearly half
said their country was well prepared to handle a major cyberattack, but
an equal share disagreed, showed the findings released on Wednesday.
In
the United States, just over half of Americans (53 per cent) thought
their country was prepared to handle a major cyberattack.
In Russia, 67 per cent believed their nation was ready for a major cyber incident.
But
half or more in some of the world's largest economies, including
Germany and Japan, thought they were not ready for cyberattacks, while
fewer than one-in-five Brazilians (16 per cent) and Argentines (nine per
cent) said their nations were ready for a major cyber incident, the
results showed.
When it comes to the likelihood of cyberattacks,
most said that an attack where sensitive national security information
would be accessed was either very or somewhat likely. A median of 74 per
cent across the 26 countries hold this view, the survey showed.
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