Cybersecurity
We’re Afraid of Getting Hacked, but We’re Not Doing Much About It
"People are saying, ‘I’m not the DNC, I’m not Hillary’s campaign,'” says a pollster.
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A hack at Sony Pictures that exposed more than 170,000 emails in 2014 derailed a much-hyped film's release and prompted a months-long industry freakout. A hacking incident at Yahoo now threatens to derail a sale to Verizon. WikiLeaks' releases of Democratic officials' hacked private emails are providing near-endless fodder for Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
And yet, while large numbers of Americans appreciate the threat of getting hacked, they don’t seem to be changing their behaviors in any appreciable way.