The average system plugged in today is way more secure than the average system from 5 years ago which was way more secure than the average system from 10 years ago which was way more secure than the one from... yada yada yada.
Two simple reasons.
1 - Disclosure laws. Yes they're important but because of mandatory disclosures way more of these things make the news than they would of back in the 80s or 90s. So not only do we hear about it more often, but many groups/individuals are more motivated to go after the low hanging fruit because they can get bigger headlines out of it.
2 - There's gold in them there hills. Credit cards, SINs, online bank accounts, whatever. It's all the same thing: Money. And there's a heck of a lot more of it floating around on this Internets thing than there ever was back in the day.
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The average system plugged in today is way more secure than the average system from 5 years ago which was way more secure than the average system from 10 years ago which was way more secure than the one from ... yada yada yada.
Two simple reasons.
1 - Disclosure laws. Yes they're important but because of mandatory disclosures way more of these things make the news than they would of back in the 80s or 90s. So not only do we hear about it more often, but many groups/individuals are more motivated to go after the low hanging fruit because they can get bigger headlines out of it.
2 - There's gold in them there hills. Credit cards, SINs, online bank accounts, whatever. It's all the same thing: Money. And there's a heck of a lot more of it floating around on this Internets thing than there ever was back in the day.