Most real-world Web attacks in first half of the year hit Web 2.0 and social networking sites, report says. Social networking sites made up 19 percent of all Web attacks. Media, retail, technology, Internet, and government/politics industry sites each experienced 12 percent of attacks. Web attacks jumped 30 percent over the same period of 2008, according to the Web Hacking Incidents Database. Defacement and planting malware is most popular reason for a Web hack, with 28 percent of the incidents.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/social-networks-number-one-web-attack-target