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Cybercrime as a New Business Model: Why Are Companies More Vulnerable Than They Think?

25.7.2025 | Autor: Róbert Hronček
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Cybercrime in Slovakia is skyrocketing—over the past four years, the number of cases has increased more than fivefold. Do you know what an attack looks like that could cost your company millions without anyone noticing it in time?

Cybercrime as a New Business Model: Why Are Companies More Vulnerable Than They Think?

In four years, the number of cases has increased more than fivefold. Online scams, deepfakes, AI chatbots—modern attacks are anonymous, global, and extremely sophisticated.

Technology today is not just a tool for growth, but also a threat. Criminals operate like startups, selling scams as a service and capable of manipulating you using your boss’s voice.

Regulation is coming—an amendment to the Cyber Security Act implements the NIS2 Directive, imposing harsh penalties and holding company executives personally liable. But will that be enough?

Cybersecurity is no longer just an IT task—it is a strategic priority for the entire company leadership.

Those who do not simulate an attack risk facing the reality.

You can read the full article by Róbert Hronček at Forbes.sk

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Róbert Hronček

Róbert Hronček

He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (2009), where he also successfully defended his master’s thesis on the topic “Trade Name and Its Legal Protection.” In 2011, he completed his postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Law of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, defended his postgraduate thesis on the topic “Trademarks and License Agreements,” and passed the postgraduate examination in the field of commercial law. From September 2005 to June 2009, he completed his legal internship at the District Court in Banská Bystrica. From October 2005 to June 2006, he worked as a legal assistant at the law firm of JUDr. Jozef Zlocha. From September 2009 to March 2011, he worked as a trainee attorney at the law firm BÖHM & PARTNERS in Bratislava, and from March 2011 to April 2013 as a trainee attorney at the law firm of JUDr. Kvetoslava Kolínová in Žilina. He has been a lawyer since 2013. He focuses primarily on commercial law, particularly contract law, substantive civil law, labor law, and corporate law. One of his specializations is also unfair competition law and intellectual property law. He provides legal services in Slovak and English.