NSFOCUS Protects 2016 G20 Summit from 100,000+ Cyber Attacks Overview In September 2016, the world’s attention was on the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in Hangzhou, China. Established in 1999, the G20 Summit provides a global platform to discuss financial stability and policy — and is attended by prominent world leaders representing the top 20 global economies, including the United States, Russia, France and Germany, among others. The importance and global visibility of the G20 Summit makes the event a clear target for cybercriminals interested in gaining access to critical data and applications. As the world’s most visible heads of state prepared to descend on the Summit, so did hackers across the globe — putting all the Summit’s cyber assets and associated networks at risk. N

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