Within the first 60 days of 2013, an alarming number of international corporations and government agencies faced serious security violations from Internet hacking. Beyond the Twitter, Apple and Facebook invasions, a more ominous threat attacked the State Department, Federal Reserve, Department of Energy and some of the largest U.S.-based news organizations.
The evolution of Internet hacking from small-time criminal initiatives focused on individual businesses and consumers to global cyber-offenders targeting national infrastructures is well documented and represents a growing concern for governments and citizens alike.