Cyber threats have become a major obstacle to business continuity, and 2021 saw threats impacting organizations across the globe in many ways - from ransomware attacks taking down national critical infrastructure and interrupting key food supply chains, to espionage actors operating across the Asia-Pacific region, to the mass leaking of data stolen from the dozens of Australian companies publicly compromised by ransomware gangs. Compounding the already-challenging operating environment caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, these threats put Australian executives on notice.  (PwC, 2022)

 

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What is cybercrime and why do cyberattacks happen? What is your understanding of cybersecurity and its implications on accounting information? Your presentation must include but is not limited to, sources from at least three articles published in any academic journals relating to cybercrime and cybersecurity in accounting information.

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Cybercrime refers to criminal activities that are carried out using computer systems or the internet It involves unauthorized access theft manipulation or destruction of digital data as well as disrup... View the full answer