"On the Internet, you’re just a number, you’re just an IP address that an attacker is scanning. "Just because you think it can’t happen to you or that you’re not a big enough target understand that you’re not being targeted because of who you are," Street said. Street stressed that a cultural shift is needed for people to be more aware of the ever-present danger of cyber-attacks. "So many companies are so focused on … looking for the attacks to come outside and trying to protect their network from external threats, and they’re not doing enough to start looking inward and start educating their employees and their IT staff on signs to look for with data going out of the company," Street told FOX Business. Street, vice president of InfoSec at SphereNY and author of "Dissecting the Hack," said companies need to be more vigilant going forward about protecting their data from future attacks. (Klaus Ohlenschläger/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images) Network cabinets with server racks in a data center with matrix. Realize the fact that you’re in a dangerous neighborhood every time you go online and that we are going to be constantly under attack."
Why would anyone want to hack me?’" Levin said.
By inserting malicious code into updates pushed to SolarWinds customers, the hackers were for months able to explore the computer networks of private companies, think tanks, and government agencies.
"We have so many people, whether their consumers or businesses that go, ‘why would anyone care about me? I’m just a regular human being.' Or a business says, ‘I’m very small. The hack, first reported by Reuters, hijacked software made by Texas-based SolarWinds Corp. He said more people need to realize that they are just as prone to having their data breached as are large corporations and governments. Levin said cyber attacks will always be a reality as long as criminals look for ways to make a quick buck. I think people were really taken aback by how many organizations could be in harm’s way based on the compromise of a platform that they were all using," said Adam Levin, co-founder of and host of the podcast show " What the Hack with Adam Levin."ĪPPLE NOTIFIED STATE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES OF PHONE HACKING LINKED TO NSO GROUP SOFTWARE logo is seen on a sign at the headquarters in Austin, Texas on Apin Austin, Texas.