Hacker shows how to be cyber-safe

Hector Monsegur — the man behind the Anonymous/LulzSec hacker collectives.

C&W Business, the business-to-business arm of C&W Communications, will host two online forums on October 12 & 19 aimed at helping governments, large businesses, and individual entrepreneurs better protect their organisations and companies from online threats.

The webinars will feature controversial hacker-turned-computer security specialist Hector Monsegur — the man behind the Anonymous/LulzSec hacker collectives and informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

“Cybersecurity involves preventing, detecting, and responding to cyberattacks that can have wide-ranging effects on individuals, organisations, local communities, and entire countries. As the Caribbean’s leading service provider, we see it as our responsibility to inform, advise and educate about the varied elements of online security,” said Nicolas Collette, vice-president, B2B, C&W Communications.

“The cybercriminals are not slowing down and we must be proactive in our approach to safeguarding our networks to withstand any eventuality. With the right technologies in place, most attacks, even the most advanced ones, can be prevented. We are happy to be providing this timely forum for exchanging knowledge and best practices in reducing and preventing cybercrime in our region,” Collette added.

Monsegur, also known by the online pseudonym Sabu, became an informant for the FBI after facing a sentence of 124 years in prison for his role in the LulzSec hacker collective intervening in the affairs of organisations such as News Corporation, Stratfor, UK and American law enforcement bodies, and the Irish political party Fine Gael.

Monsegur now works as an ethical hacker conducting penetration tests — authorised simulated cyberattacks on computer systems performed to evaluate the system’s security.

“Global cyberattacks increased by 32 per cent in 2022 when compared to 2021, with an all-time high being recorded in the second quarter of this year. The Caribbean and Latin America has also seen the largest increase in attacks, with…