Hardly a week passes when we don’t hear about a fresh breach at a major corporation or government organization. Despite dozens of arrests, attacks are as prevalent as ever. The social engineering tactics that Anonymous members have repeatedly used are often similar to those used by criminal hackers and state-sponsored actors who penetrate company systems in order to steal valuable secrets. Now that the threat finally seems real, we’re actually taking them seriously and paying them plenty to make sure we’re in the clear. The problem is so glaring that the powers that be can’t just close their eyes, and pretend the digital boogeymen in Guy Fawkes masks won’t ever come.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/thanks-to-anonymous-everyone-finally-takes-security-ner-5890476