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Nearly all cyberattacks in manufacturing are targeted, meaning hackers are there for a specific reason. Almost half the time, they’re looking for trade secrets and other intellectual property, according to Verizon research. For all the good cobots and other factory automations bring, they can be quite vulnerable to hacking, with product sabotage as a result. Above all, hackers are opportunistic, looking for businesses with weak cybersecurity and exploiting it. Here’s how to guard against cyberattacks in manufacturing.
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