"Media and Video Companies Suffer Huge Increase in Cyber-Attacks"

According to research by Akamai, the number of credential stuffing attacks against media and video companies increased significantly. The company found that the media industry experienced 17 billion credential stuffing attacks between January 2018 and December 2019. Credential stuffing refers to the use of usernames and passwords gathered from data breaches to gain access to user accounts. The technique remains popular among hackers due to password sharing and reuses across different platforms. This article continues to discuss the contributing factors to credential stuffing attacks and the increase in such attacks against the media industry.

Infosecurity Magazine reports "Media and Video Companies Suffer Huge Increase in Cyber-Attacks"