With all that's happening around the world, technology turns more powerful every single day. But, anything powerful can also be dangerous. Within the first months of 2020, several cases of hacking and data breaches were already reported. This makes us think: how safe are we in the online world? Here are the top 6 worst hacking of 2020, so far.
The biggest hacking of 2020
As everyone stays at their homes, gaming has been a stress reliever for most of us. However, in April, Nintendo Switch users were compromised with the stressful hacking.
As reported by Tech Times, the company announced that over 160,000 of its users experienced massive hacking with their bill payments, especially using PayPal.
"We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused and concern to our customers and related parties," Nintendo Switch said in the post, which translated from Japanese. "In the future, we will make further efforts to strengthen security and ensure safety so that similar events do not occur."
Netflix and HBO Piracy
On Thursday, June 11, we reported that authorities found an illegal streaming site, offering movies and shows exclusively for Netflix and HBO users.
The hackers offer lower prices of the company's subscriptions and steal them from other original users. 11 were arrested, and police collected $17 million in assets related to their schemes.
Zoom
Since the pandemic forces people to stay in their homes, teleconferencing had been a major necessity for all of us. And surprisingly, the Zoom app came to the rescue.
But, it did not go easy for the company. Zoom was reported with thousands of complaints of their security system involving the famous Zoombombing.
In April, over 300 personal Zoom accounts were stolen by a hacker and posted on the dark web.
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