By Josh Boustred

The advertising industry has known for years that it was a prime target for a cyber-attack and this week that fear became a reality when a number of WPP companies were struck by a major ransomware cyber-attack.

The cyber-attack at WPP agencies such as MediaCom, JWT and Y&R (part of an attack on companies across the globe) froze users’ computers and demanded an untraceable ransom to be paid in Bitcoin.

While governments and the energy sector may be seen as the number one targets for hackers, with the prize of potentially bringing the country to a standstill, advertising businesses, particularly Read full story ›

Source: The Drum