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The growing cyber threat: Ransomware, China, and state-sponsored attacks
Munich Security Conference

The growing cyber threat: Ransomware, China, and state-sponsored attacks

"Ransomware attacks surged 252% last year—hospitals, schools, and local governments are paying the price," said Brad Smith, Microsoft vice chair and president, during a Global Stage discussion at the 2025 Munich Security Conference.

The world is an inkblot
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The world is an inkblot

I thought of Dr. Rorschach and his now-famous inkblots this week as I leafed through a massive new study of what people in a dozen of the world’s most powerful countries – the G7 industrialized democracies, plus Brazil, China, India, and South Africa – are worried about when it comes to their security.

Why privacy is priceless
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

Why privacy is priceless

In this frail digital world, the right to privacy has never been more important, says David Haigh. The human rights lawyer was prominently targeted with the powerful Pegasus spyware in 2021. He adds that a minor breach in one's personal life is a gateway to "very, very serious breaches of other human rights."

How cyberattacks hurt people in war zones
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

How cyberattacks hurt people in war zones

They may not be bombs or tanks, but hacks and cyberattacks can still make life miserable for people caught in the crosshairs of conflicts miserable, said Stéphane Duguin, CEO of the Cyber Peace Institute.

Why snooping in your private life is big business
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

Why snooping in your private life is big business

Kaja Ciglic, senior director of digital diplomacy at Microsoft, said, "cybersecurity is the defining challenge of our time" amid a spike in misinformation campaigns thanks to wars in Ukraine and Gaza, growing interest from governments in building cyberweapons, and plain old profit-motivated thieves.

How rogue states use cyberattacks to undermine stability
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

How rogue states use cyberattacks to undermine stability

They may not be bombs or tanks, but hacks and cyberattacks can still make life for people caught in the crosshairs of conflicts miserable.

The devastating impact of cyberattacks and how to protect against them
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

The devastating impact of cyberattacks and how to protect against them

Emerging technologies threaten to make the already-bleak cybersecurity environment all the more treacherous. Eurasia Group Senior Analyst Ali Wyne moderated a discussion on cybersecurity focused on the blurring lines between attacks on governments and the private sector.

Attacked by ransomware: The hospital network brought to a standstill by cybercriminals
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

Attacked by ransomware: The hospital network brought to a standstill by cybercriminals

Watch the third episode of “Caught in the Digital Crosshairs: The Human Impact of Cyberattacks,” a new video series on cybersecurity produced by GZERO in partnership with Microsoft. In October 2022, the second-largest nonprofit healthcare system in the US, CommonSpirit Health, was hit with a crippling ransomware attack. By the time Kelsay Irby, an ER nurse at a CommonSpirit hospital, arrived at work, the malware had spread through the hospital network like wildfire.

The threat of CEO fraud and one NGO's resilient response
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

The threat of CEO fraud and one NGO's resilient response

Watch the second episode of “Caught in the Digital Crosshairs: The Human Impact of Cyberattacks,” a new video series on cybersecurity produced by GZERO in partnership with Microsoft. In January 2020, Heidi Kühn, founder and CEO of Roots of Peace, returned from an overseas trip to devastating news: her finance department had unwittingly transferred over $1 million to an unfamiliar bank account.

Hacked by Pegasus spyware: The human rights lawyer trying to free a princess
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

Hacked by Pegasus spyware: The human rights lawyer trying to free a princess

Watch the first episode of “Caught in the Digital Crosshairs: The Human Impact of Cyberattacks,” a new video series on cybersecurity produced by GZERO in partnership with Microsoft. In April 2021, David Haigh, a human rights lawyer who'd been fighting to free Dubai’s detained Princess Latifa, received a shocking notification from investigators at The Guardian and Amnesty International: his phone was likely infected with Pegasus spyware.