As society starts to adapt to the rise of new media, there has been a surge in malicious cyberattacks such as malware, ransomware, phishing attacks, and breaches that have compromised and crippled corporations. One example of this is the massive security breach that Target suffered in 2014. This attack affected over 110 million customers. This goes to show how vulnerable companies become since new media expands a company's presence over the internet. With new technologies constantly being introduced, there are an increasingly number of methods to attack a company and they must stay alert. Target has done this by high security credit cards. "The credit cards come embedded with a tiny microprocessor chip, which is said to beef up security and make it more difficult for cybercriminals to access user data. Target had already begun work on the cards before the hack, but it is now accelerating this $100 million program." (Kerr) The rise of cyberattacks have forced companies and institutions to revamp their legacy cybersecurity infrastructure and invest more heavily into user data protection.
With this rise, more and more people are more conferenced with security and privacy. Some other breaches of data have affected even bigger companies such as the NSA. Security and privacy behavior differ by generation. "The responses diverge - particularly when it comes to protecting work email. Work email came in as the fifth highest concern for Gen-X , but it didn't even make the top 5 for Millenials" (Bradley) Social security has become the biggest priority for valuable personal information for both generations. As you can see, there is a generational gap between the concerns for privacy and it has become a huge concern throughout society.
The amount of company security breaches over the years are staggering considering all of the intelligent hires that these company pay for. Hackers have better themselves into being able to attack any computer system and because of that, a plethora of innocent consumers are losing personal information.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that there has been an increasing amount of these breaches and no one is taking much responsibility for them. I believe that the companies like Target should be held accountable for not protecting their customers enough and hopefully more companies increase their security since they are just as vulnerable.
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