How cloud storage became a target for hackers – and what can be done about it
With the recent revelations that Yahoo! experienced a hack in 2014 where the accounts of around 500 million users were compromised, it brings back into focus the importance of businesses ensuring their customers’ data is always protected.
More and more businesses are now using the cloud to store their data. As with all new technologies though, hackers will look to exploit any security vulnerabilities they can find. While it is not yet clear whether the attack on Yahoo! was on a cloud-based system or was due to vulnerabilities present in a third-party application on the Yahoo! website, other high profile attacks have taken place against cloud storage systems in recent years.
In this article, David Midgley, head of operations at Total Processing, examines what has made cloud storage vulnerable to attack and how to make cloud storage more secure going forward.
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