It does not take a genius to organize programming one cyber as he lay systems and Sony Pictures lot of confidential documents carried by road. Simply having a bunch of knowledge, enough money and know which door to knock.
Jon Miller knows it very well. He is now vice president of strategy for security software company Cylance , but was once hacker. As explained Miller in the 60 Minutes CBS, there are currently worldwide between 3,000 and 5,000 individuals capable of organizing an attack of the magnitude of that floored Sony Pictures in November 2014.
The worst thing is that this attack does not require tools as requiring complex programming skills. The software used against the multinational film is generic and, according to Miller, is available in some clandestine markets of Russian hackers for about $ 30,000.
The attack on Sony Pictures far from the only one. In 2014, raids on companies increased by 50% compared to 2013. The police can do little about it and defense is a much more complicated task than the attack as companies must protect networks increasingly large computers, while hackers need only break the protection of one of them to enter. [ CBS via CNET ]
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