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Hacking incidents have become so commonplace that no organization seems out of reach for hackers. Even the US National Security Agency (NSA) seemed to have been the victim of successful hacks, as witnessed by recent public document dumps related to sensitive cyber warfare tools and technologies used by this organization. No day passes by without news reports on new hacking incidents. While two decades ago, most hackers were script kiddies motivated primarily by simple curiosity or the need for fame, many hackers, today, are professionals seeking financial gains, or conducting political activism, or involved in state-sponsored cyber espionage.
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Traoré, I., Awad, A., Woungang, I. (2017). Introduction: Emerging Threats Call for New Security Paradigms. In: Traoré, I., Awad, A., Woungang, I. (eds) Information Security Practices. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48947-6_1
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