Spotlight on UAE’s rapid tech-adoption has also brought unwanted attention from cyber crooks

Spotlight on UAE’s rapid tech-adoption has also brought unwanted attention from cyber crooks

Technology has helped UAE weather the covid storm but its cyber security chief says that digitisation has also exposed the Middle East to a cybercrime outbreak.
Businesses and professionals going online along with apps boosting recovery for almost every sectors couldn’t have come at a better time for the Emirates. But hackers have also used the progress as a window to scale up cyber attacks, largely targeting the finance sector.