In 2014, cyber attacks and data breaches don’t look like they’re going to slow down. We’ve seen high-end data breaches of large companies, with data, personal records and financial information stolen and sold on the black market in a matter of days. Analysts, Hold Security, startlingly announced in February that it had managed to obtain a list of 360 million account credentials for web services from the black market. That’s just after three weeks of research. Criminals are stepping up their game and data breaches are becoming both common and devastating. According to research from Arbor Networks, the number of DDoS events topping 20Gbps in the first half of 2014, are double that of 2013. With more than 100 attacks at over 100Gbps or higher recorded in the first half of the year. ’ State of the Internet report also showed that hacker attacks on websites went up 75% in the final quarter of 2013, with hackers in China responsible for 43% of all attacks. This incredible interactive map from Antivirus software firm Kaspersky, which depicts all the current cyber attacks occurring around the world in real time, shows the growing intensity of hacks as the year progresses. We’re only half way through the year, but there has already been a few high-profile hacks that have stopped presses. Here I’ll explore – in no particular order – the most brutal hacks that have taken place in 2014 so far.
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