2007 – present, the world starts paying attention. Jonathan Evans' message and the subsequent recognition of the importance of data security helped, but the criminals had seen the profit potential of cyber crime and by then had huge networks and spending power behind them. In the past few years we have made huge moves forward in both our awareness and our defences, but the big attacks have kept coming. In 2008 Heartland Payment Systems lost $140M in stolen credit card details and the end of 2008 saw a further attack against a nation - Georgia. In 2009 Ghostnet, another cyber…
