Shift To Cyber Subversion

There's been a change in attacks from cyber espionage to cyber sabotage and cyber subversion, Haley said. What that means is that attackers aren't just going after they money, now they are also looking to harm organizations and individuals in other ways. Haley said recent examples of this shift include the documents released by hackers against the Democratic National Committee, which arguably had a significant impact on the US election and attacks on Ukrainian power grids and banks that affected their ability to function. Haley said Symantec also saw a rise in bank heists, where hackers stole money from banks without actually entering the premise. A key example of that in 2016 was the bank heist at the Bank of Bangladesh, where hackers stole $81 million from the bank's accounts.

"It's a whole new world out there as the real world, and the virtual world, come together," Haley said.