Why is "we're not an interesting target" a dangerous assumption?

Because most attacks are opportunistic — the attacker doesn't pick you, they pick whoever is vulnerable.

The opportunistic actor doesn't care who you are. They scan broadly for exploitable weaknesses (an exposed service, a missing patch, a server without MFA) and hit whatever they find. You don't need to be a bank or a government to be worth attacking — you just need to be reachable and weak.

Why every organisation is a target:

• Your computing power is useful (botnet, crypto-mining)
• Your data has resale value (or extortion value)
• You may be a stepping-stone to a bigger partner (supply-chain attacks)

Tip: Reframe it: attackers aren't looking for interesting targets, they're looking for easy ones. "Not interesting" is irrelevant; "not an easy target" is the goal.

Go deeper:

• Attack surface (Wikipedia) — every organisation exposes entry points; an attacker needs only one, so size is no shield.
• Ransomware (Wikipedia) — organised gangs run automated, opportunistic campaigns scanning for any weak point, not hand-picked victims.