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The ongoing fallout of the recent Transport for London cyberattack has lead to experts pointing to "poor digital hygiene" as a likely reason for the success of the attack. Sources have highlighted specifically a compromised VPN as the most likely entry point for the attackers.

The Context

The recent major IT disruption linked back to a CrowdStrike update has made headline news globally. On the morning of Friday, 19th July, Windows computers across the planet started “blue screening”: crashing and unable to restart. The scale was huge, impacting 8.5 million Windows systems, from payment processes to transport and healthcare, and resulting in over 5,000 flight cancellations.