News reports yesterday that the New York Timesand other news organizations were attacked by hackers should not only come as no surprise, but industry insiders believe news organizations should prepare to be struck again in the future.
The huge amount of confidential data the media stores makes for a tempting target for hackers interested in either learning more about the inner workings of American politics or to possibly influence the upcoming election cycle, security pros said, adding that the media has been a target in the past and will likely remain a target.
“Hackers have been going after the press the whole time… It’s only now that either a) they’ve become more focused, b) they’ve been more successful, or c) we’ve figured out how to catch them in the act. I suspect it’s a combination of all three,” Casey Ellis, CEO and founder of Bugcrowd, told SCMagazine.com in an email. For the full article click here
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