Study: Cyberattacks could cost up to $90 trillion by 2030

Published September 11, 2015 10:47pm ET



Cyberattacks dragging down the Internet could cost the world up to $90 trillion by 2030, according to a new study, unless cybersecurity advances at a rapid pace.

The study, published by the Atlantic Council and the Zurich Insurance Group, notes that the world could derive up to $190 trillion in economic benefit in a best-case scenario. “Tens and even hundreds of trillions of dollars are at stake,” the authors state, or “nearly 10 percent of total global GDP.”

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