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ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking

Wade Mackay

Holiday season cyber crime forecast

November 16, 2016 by Ryan P Boyce Leave a Comment

This article is slightly dated-it’s the forecast for the 2015 holiday season and cyber crimes associated with that time of year. One, I would assume, can be almost certain that the forecast for this season is probably very similar. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up, the holiday shopping season is basically here. The spike in hacking/stealing during November and especially in December is staggering. The greatest threat of all hacks comes from financial hackers which is no surprise given the amount of money that is processed during the holiday season. Second is attacks from a political cyber warrior. I think I’ll be spending a lot more old fashioned cash this holiday season.

http://cytegic.com/tis-the-season-to-be-hacking-forecast-for-cybercrime-activities-during-the-holidays/

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