"...hackers have opted to go international in search of softer targets."
?!?!?! {insert here snide comment about the history of low-hanging fruit and countries known for hacking across international boundaries.}
O.K. So, maybe there's been a shift. But, I think this one has been predicted.
It's been known that Internet technology, IoT, phone apps, etc., is becoming more and more mandatory. I suspect we're quite a ways off before we can expect any kind of sigmoid curve style leveling off. And, that suggests that this kind of increase will be exponential for the foreseeable future. That means that we can expect to see ever increasing shifts toward low hanging fruit targeted across all kinds of borders.
In fact, with what I've seen from rural government web sites, like ones still allowing SSL v2 (as found with Qualys, thank you), I'm surprised that we're only just now seeing this kind of commentary.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
