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are helping to fuel ransom-
ware attacks by allowing
anonymous payments.
payments .
www.AmericanSecurityToday.com
3. IoT Attacks
like Radio-Frequency
Iden-
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tification (RFID) tags to save
money by gathering large
amounts of data to improve
business processes.
processes .
• Smart Internet of Things • The
• Smart
• The number of IoT devic-
(IoT) devices have changed es is expected to reach 75
the way organizations do billion by 2025—this
2025 —this is
business (See Video 3.)
compared to 30 billion in
• Companies
•
Companies use IoT devices 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT1mAILZVVg&feature=emb_logo
(Video 2. Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a State of Emergency Friday following the
ransomware attack on Louisiana. Courtesy of WWLTV and YouTube. Posted on Nov 22,
2019.)
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