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The number of hacktivist attacks that resulted in quantifiable damage to the victim has declined by 95 percent since 2015, according to IBM.
Data collected by IBM's X-Force threat intelligence unit between 2015 and 2019 shows that the number of hacktivist attacks dropped from 35 in 2015 to 24 in 2016 and only 5 in 2017. In 2018, only two incidents were recorded and no attacks have been observed by IBM so far in 2019.
It's worth noting, however, that IBM's data only includes attacks observed by reliable sources, only instances where someone took responsibility, and only if the attack resulted in quantifiable damage.
If a crack goes unnoticed and unclaimed, has it really occurred?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 21 2019, @01:24PM (1 child)
Phoenix of hell, you know a difference between cracking and hacking, do you?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday May 21 2019, @02:41PM
People, even geeks, don't seem to quibble about the difference anymore, but I did put "crack" in there for you. Thanks for noticing.
"Phoenix666" is a reference to my alma mater, whose symbol is the phoenix, and about which its alumni wryly say, "Hell does freeze over." (because Chicago gets really fucking cold in the winter)
Washington DC delenda est.