Earlier this year multiple European governments and media agencies were given a stark reminder of the pervasive cybersecurity threats that exist in a world without traditional network perimeters. The Zimbra webmail zero-day attacks sent organizations scrambling to contain the damage when a cadre of suspected Chinese hackers infiltrated these organizations’ systems in an attempt to spy on users and access their emails.
The operation, dubbed “EmailThief,” was further evidence that, in network environments that have become nearly completely borderless and cloud-driven, it’s no longer enough to implement firewalls or traditional means of data protection.
