We mostly hear about the big, successful hacking attempts involving companies such as Apple, and the like because that’s what makes it to the news. Unfortunately, the thousands of smaller companies around the globe that get hacked and blackmailed every year do not even make it to the news because they are too small to be considered newsworthy on their own, while with others, the media doesn’t even get to know about them.
That, however, doesn’t change the fact that multiple small organizations lose business, money and their reputation, or go bankrupt due to such criminal acts every year. This leads us to the question, why is it that SMEs are easy targets for hackers? Are the hacking organizations not supposed to target the big ones instead? The following discussions should help in providing a more practical answer to those questions.
The Myth of Safety
Perhaps the biggest and most fundamental reason behind smaller corporations being hacked with increasing numbers each year is the myth of being safe just because an organization is small in size or less reputed than the bigger names in the industry.
See: How to Protect Yourself From Hackers – Useful Tips For Small Business Owners
The problem is, while it was indeed true that criminal organizations on the web used to primarily target the big fishes at one point of time, that time is long gone. The black hat hackers a ..
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