Not long ago, British Airways and Facebook were on the long list of hacker victims. Such events hit the reputation of companies quite hard; many clients stop trusting them. But what do the hackers themselves get as a result of these attacks?
Hollywood films have created the image of an anonymous person who hacks various systems in the dead of night. However, this is not true. Today, most often, hackers do not attack computers directly. Computers have solid security, so attackers have switched to easier targets - the people who use these computers.
Most cyber attacks on large companies are attacks aimed at people.
Unlike machines, people can be fooled. Hackers target victims who work for the desired company and trick them into obtaining the contents of corporate emails or required passwords, after which they use various tools like spyware and malware to gain control of the system.
At the moment, hacking using email is the most popular method of cybercriminals. Despite the fact that enterprises can invest heavily in security, the weakest link of the system is an indicator of its reliability. Unfortunately, people use these systems every day. Every company should educate its employees and instill vigilance in them, since just one email can allow hackers to gain control of the entire system.
It doesn't take much intelligence to understand why hackers would hack into the systems of companies like British Airways, because in this way an attacker could obtain data from more than 300,000 credit cards of these companies' customers. Therefore, many small business owners can fall into this trap, because they care little about data security, thinking that it will not affect them.
And while many hackers are undoubtedly aiming for big profits, this is not the only possible motive.
Some of the attackers may have personal motives for attacking a particular company. There is even a group of people called “hacktivists” who attack organizations based on political or social beliefs.
The reality of our time is that your business depends on information..Customers, employees and partners trust business owners with their personal information every day, so carelessness with this information can cost a company its reputation and great loss of money.
According to managementtoday.co.uk
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