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3 in 10 Remote Workers Feel Unprotected From Cyberattacks: AT&T

More than half of the “COVID-19 generation of remote workers” admitted using company devices for personal reasons, increasing their employers’ cybersecurity risk, reported AT&T Tuesday. It hired Opinium Research to poll 3,500 remote workers in the U.K. and Germany, finding…

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that more than a third use work equipment to connect to smart home devices such as voice assistants, smart speakers, fitness monitors, smart lighting and smart kitchen appliances. Workers “understand the problem,” it said. Two-thirds were more aware of cybersecurity threats since shifting to working from home, and nearly half believe they and their companies are at increased risk of cyberattacks. About three in 10 say their companies weren’t doing enough to protect them from cyberattacks.