2017 TECHPREDICTIONS

WHEN TECHNOLOGYTURNS TUMULTUOUS

MANY ARE LED TO WONDERWHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE

FUTURE

Following the Tesco Bank hack inNovember 2016,

Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro predicts that in2017, the internet of things (IoT) and industrialinternet of things (IIoT) will play a larger role intargeted attacks, and another major bank willfail as the result of a cyber-attack.

J A C O B P A R K E R B O W L E S . C O . U K

Hackers will continue to target humanvulnerabilities by tricking people intotransferring money into criminals’ accounts.

Advances in artificial intelligence, virtualreality, and automation will take away jobsand the economy will suffer unless somekind of system is put in place toaccommodate for the loss of jobs.

Hackers are figuring out how to alter datawhich could have potentially disastrousconsequences. Major companies, power girds,and entire stock markets could collapse.