More Attacks On Government …

Attacks on government agencies doubled in 2016, from 7 percent of all cyberattacks in 2015, to 14 percent last year, according to Dimension Data. That’s because government agencies hold vast amounts of sensitive information – from personnel records, budgetary data, and sensitive communications, to intelligence findings, the solution provider concludes. But it also flagged what it called "numerous" incidents from inside threats.

The top outside offenders? Rival nation-states, terrorist groups, hacktivists and cyber criminals, Dimension Data said.