Soft targets rising

Security remains a critical but often ignored issue for consumers. As the range of interaction with our surroundings, levels of mobile or game device activity and services in the cloud grow so the potential for becoming soft targets grows. With the smart home and the internet of things just around the corner, the threat is getting serious.

What is changing?
Sony has, this week, announced a significant security breach of its Playstation Network resulting in the gaming network, used by 75 million players the world over, and Qriocity Sony’s music service being out of action. Emails, logins, possibly credit card details may all have been compromised.

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Contributed by Sheila Moorcroft, Research Director, Shaping Tomorrow

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