Cyber breaches
**Electronic Hacking**
**Reasons for the Recent Increase in Electronic Hacks!!**
The recent hacking disaster that swept the world last Friday with the WannaCry virus has raised important questions about why cyberattacks have increased recently and why the number of hackers has noticeably grown globally. Some previous reports revealed that more than half of the world’s internet users have experienced at least one hacking attempt.
Cyber breaches
**Why has the number of hackers increased?**
– **Financial extortion through ransomware**: Hackers steal users’ personal files and encrypt them.
– **Hacking users’ bank accounts** and stealing money directly by obtaining account details.
– **Stealing important files** from users to blackmail them, especially targeting public figures and politicians.
**Why have cyberattacks become more widespread?**
– The growing use of the internet, especially for financial transactions, online shopping, and other activities, has led to the rise of cybercrime.
– Increased sharing of personal information on social networks, smartphones, and desktop devices makes users targets for hacking and later extortion.
– Users now store sensitive information like bank account details on smartphones, and through electronic payment services, making these devices a prime target for data theft and subsequent user exploitation.
