The past year was a record-setter for hacking scandals, and the headlines show no signs of slowing as 2017 kicks off. In previous years, most network intrusions targeted enterprises and large corporations.
On Dec. 21, the Netflix Twitter account was hit by hacking collective OurMine, "a self-described white hat security group." The hackers tweeted a message saying they were "just testing" Netflix security, and suggested Netflix contact them to find out more. OurMine tweeted its message, along with an email address and logo, to the nearly 2.5 million Twitter followers of @netflix, which is Netflix's U.S. account.
2016 was also a year that saw digital security become an issue of national security and election year politics.
Several high-profile individuals in the technology sector have also been targets of attacks this year, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. And Twitter's former CEO Dick Costolo and current CEO Jack Dorsey also suffered from hacks.
Most of these attacks seem to have come from well-known hacking collectives such as OurMine. But an independent hacker going by the handle "Lid" was able to hijack the Twitter account of Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe.
Hacks weren't just about digital defacement and a chance to embarrass political opponents, though. This year also saw the second largest bitcoin hack in history, resulting in the theft of more than $65 million of the cryptocurrency.
Source@TOP TECH NEWS
