The company that proved so adept at anticipating the needs of consumers (and producing products to match), has stumbled the worst when it tries to dictate, rather than listen. That was the case with Sony s infamous NGO Strategy controversy, in which an internal memo detailing company efforts to spy on environmental activists was leaked to the press. Cybercrime increasingly went mobile in 2019, with everything from Apple iPhone jailbreaks and rogue Android apps to 5G and mobile-first phishing dominating the news coverage.
Source: https://threatpost.com/september-2000-ngo-strategy-memo-leaked/91821/