What phone call would Ray Dalio, Larry Fink, or Steve Schwarzman never want to get? The one, ringing late at night from a panicked underling, informing him that he's been hacked. I'm not referring to "common" cyberattacks like denial of service, the electronic theft of data or money, or even hacks that might lock down a manager's computers. All of these are certainly unsettling events, yet they represent a relatively antiquated perspective. The hack I foretell isn't the effort of a malicious actor to steal proprietary data. Instead, this hacker's aim is to manipulate a manager's digital information and systems-for many firms, the very core of their value proposition.
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