The original post: /r/cybersecurity by /u/Both_Practice_3252 on 2024-11-04 18:42:14.

I work in a SOC and we received a SOC-wide email to not run any unnecessary SIEM queries this week due to enhanced monitoring from application teams surrounding the election not wanting to hinder performance.

I work in a financial services company so we are constantly hit with attacks and see a large amount of traffic each week/month - but what about an election is cause for increasing attacks towards web applications of a financial services company?

My main thought is simply cause chaos in the US - if large banks and investment firms cannot secure users’ money they lose trust in the authorities… but i can’t think of other reasons why elections would cause increased attacks towards web traffic?

I understand that GENERAL attack traffic is likely increased around elections due to high emotions and stress, ppl more likely to get phished, etc but I am specifically trying to understand the motive behind attacks in financial industry increasing around election?

TLDR: why are there increased cyberattacks on financial services companies surrounding election in US?