- Apr 26, 2015
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Beads of sweat form on your forehead. A growing dread gives way to fear, then panic as you come to the realization that someone -- you don't know who -- has gotten inside...
...your computer.
2015's hacks, exploits and breaches are the stuff of horror movies. Regardless of whether hackers targeted your computer or your online accounts, each attack has made our collective skin crawl. With tactics straight out of fright flicks, hackers imitated us and spilled our personal details. Not even our phones were safe; Android users were hit with a zombie bug that won't die.
The financial ramifications of the hacks have been huge. The breaches cost businesses and consumers a total of $445 billion in 2014, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Analysts say hacks in 2015 cost businesses more than ever before.
"It's just kind of terrifying," Jasper Graham, chief executive of cybersecurity firm Darktrace, said of one hack that compromised hundreds of thousands of Social Security numbers. Security questions and passwords are no longer a defense, he said, adding that personal details on social media are often all hackers need to get into your accounts.
Here are the year's scariest attacks, and the creepy movies they remind us of.
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...your computer.
2015's hacks, exploits and breaches are the stuff of horror movies. Regardless of whether hackers targeted your computer or your online accounts, each attack has made our collective skin crawl. With tactics straight out of fright flicks, hackers imitated us and spilled our personal details. Not even our phones were safe; Android users were hit with a zombie bug that won't die.
The financial ramifications of the hacks have been huge. The breaches cost businesses and consumers a total of $445 billion in 2014, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Analysts say hacks in 2015 cost businesses more than ever before.
"It's just kind of terrifying," Jasper Graham, chief executive of cybersecurity firm Darktrace, said of one hack that compromised hundreds of thousands of Social Security numbers. Security questions and passwords are no longer a defense, he said, adding that personal details on social media are often all hackers need to get into your accounts.
Here are the year's scariest attacks, and the creepy movies they remind us of.
Read more
