Cyberattacks Could Cause Destructive Economic Damage, Warns Goldman Sachs Analyst

Cyberattacks Could Cause Destructive Economic Damage, Warns Goldman Sachs Analyst
A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Kacper Pempel/Illustration/Reuters
Bryan Jung
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The escalation of Russia’s conflict with Ukraine could spark more “malicious cyber activity” with the potential to inflict significant economic and social costs warned an analyst at Goldman Sachs Group (GSG).

According to research, cyberattacks cause about $1 trillion damage to the world economy annually and that two-thirds of them in recent years were allegedly attributed to Russia, said Goldman economist, Ronnie Walker.

Bryan Jung
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Bryan S. Jung is a native and resident of New York City with a background in politics and the legal industry. He graduated from Binghamton University.
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