Jurgita Lapienytė: “The human is the weakest link in cybersecurity” | Blind Spot #18

SUMMARY

The weak point in cybersecurity isn’t technology — it’s people. Cybernews editor-in-chief Jurgita Lapienytė explains why we trade our personal data for a 5% discount and why the real question is not if we’ll be hacked, but when. Cybernews writes for a global audience, with most readers coming from the U.S. and Europe, and is quoted by major tech outlets.

Five years ago, many in Lithuania didn’t grasp why cybersecurity matters. After leaks like CityBee and Rimi, awareness finally started to grow — but human error remains the main threat. Most breaches happen not because of sophisticated attacks, but because someone, tired at 5 a.m., opens the wrong email. Then comes ransomware, locked data, and ruin — many small businesses never recover.

We discuss cyber-insurance, which has become standard globally, but insurers won’t cover losses if a company ignores basic security, just like no one insures a house with no locks. Online crime today is effectively the world’s third-largest economy, even if few admit it.

Looking ahead, AI is already generating realistic fake content, and quantum computing threatens to break today’s encryption. Are we ready? Probably not.

Still, Jurgita insists that small daily habits matter: don’t store passwords in your browser, use two-factor authentication, and think twice before giving away your data for a tiny discount. Because, as she says, the real question isn’t if you’ll get hacked — but when.