Example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Sony_Pictures_hack
Maybe I misunderstood what a hacker can do, but why not rob someone’s credit card or bank account if they can do it to Sony?
Example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Sony_Pictures_hack
Maybe I misunderstood what a hacker can do, but why not rob someone’s credit card or bank account if they can do it to Sony?
That does happen, but mainly through automated mass means like phishing and ransomware. Individuals also get targeted by tactics like romance or finance scams. I think you could probably see how a large corporation would be a more lucrative hacking target worth a lot of dedicated time vs. one individual.
Sometimes the victims even pay the attackers money upfront and install the wiretap themselves. looking at my IPTV box suspiciously, while the robotic vacuum hums in the background
Also, one can lead to the other. If you catch the right fish with a scam, they may just unwittingly give you a way in to an institution. Only the latter would make the news, though.
Yeah, there is a whole playbook for it called pig butchering