Hackers Love Small Businesses: Don't be an Easy Target

Posted by: Tim Heikkila, MCP, MCDST, MCSBS
Sunday, September 18, 2011

There have been a lot of hacking incidents in the past year and many big companies, including Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu and Motorola, have been the target of hackers who want to steal the data stored on their systems.

The hackers normally steal the customer data, such as names, addresses, phone numbers and credit card details and then they can use or sell the data in order to make money. Because of the hacking incidents, many of the large companies are now increasing their online security systems and the hackers are now focusing their attention on small businesses for their attacks. Instead of attacking one large company, they can now attack several small companies because they are generally an easier target with less secure systems.

Click here to read more about how hackers are targeting small businesses.

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