The media industry is a prime target for credential stuffing attacks, with more than 17 billion incidents reported from January 2018 to December 2019, according to a report from Akamai.
Credential stuffing is one of the most common types of cyberattacks, in which bad actors try to authenticate into various online services using stolen or leaked credentials. It affects all industries, across all verticals, and no one is really safe.
It turns out that one industry, in particular, is taking the brunt of these attacks; the media industry. Akamai registered around 88 billion credentials attacks between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2019, but about 20% of those (17 billion) were directed at the media. The public visibility of various media companies makes them prime targets.
“Year over year, there was a 63% increase in credential stuffing attacks in the video media sector when we examine data for 2018 and 2019,”
states the company. “Some of this growth is due to new visibility. With more customers and customer assets (i.e., hostnames) being added to the fold, it shows that even with a vast amount of visibility, we’re only scratching the surface when it comes to the attacks we’re seeing.”
Surprisingly, many of these attacks doesn’t originate from criminal groups or hackers. Instead, they are attributed to a phenomenon called “the kids are at home,” meaning from unsophisticated actors and in periods that coincide with school breaks.
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