For Hackers, People are an IT System’s Weak Link - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe, by Priyanka Dayal McCluskey and Deirdre Fernandes
As big businesses spend millions of dollars to plug holes in their technology and block cyber criminals from databases of private consumer information, hackers are increasingly targeting a different weakness: employees.
They are sending official-looking e-mails to large health systems, banks, retailers, and vendors to try to trick employees into giving up passwords or other credentials. Armed with employee passwords, criminals can access mines of sensitive information and use it to steal identities and commit fraud. Read more.
