Riaan Bronkhorst leads a team of cyber hackers who are specially trained to steal sensitive information from businesses.
are being paid to break into workplace systems after a spate of data breaches at major companies across the country.
Cybersecurity and privacy specialist Riaan Bronkhorst leads a team of cyberhackers at RSM Australia who are specially trained to steal sensitive information from businesses."We as Australians are very trustworthy first of all, so we need to be more vigilant," he told 9News. For Bronkhorst and his team, breaching a company's network could be as easy as asking a staff member to swipe you into the building.These scenarios are designed to combat the recent rise of cyberattacks, which have seen the personal details of customers and employees at"Year on year, it's almost doubling in Australia as well as globally, this is something that is not going away," Bronkhorst said.
"Stop being as trusting because not everyone walking next to you or letting you into the building is your friend," Bronkhorst said.
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