{"id":57635,"date":"2024-10-18T02:47:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T15:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=57635"},"modified":"2024-10-18T02:47:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T15:47:06","slug":"why-hackers-may-be-targeting-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57635","title":{"rendered":"Why Hackers May Be Targeting You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hacker.jpg\" alt=\"Hacker\" width=\"532\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hacker.jpg 532w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hacker-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that will be.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Robert Mueller, 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 2001\u20132013.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the digital age, it\u2019s a popular misconception that \u201chackers only go after big targets.\u201d Many small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) operate under the misconception that they are too small to be of interest to hackers. However, the reality is altogether different. Cybercrime is a numbers game and even a small success can be a significant payday. In fact, SMBs are often the prime targets for hackers due to their perceived vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emsisoft.com\/en\/blog\/46073\/why-hackers-may-be-targeting-you\/\">https:\/\/www.emsisoft.com\/en\/blog\/46073\/why-hackers-may-be-targeting-you\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that will be.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Robert Mueller, 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 2001\u20132013. In the digital age, it\u2019s a popular misconception that \u201chackers only go after big targets.\u201d Many small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) operate under the misconception that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57635\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why Hackers May Be Targeting You&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57635"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57638,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57635\/revisions\/57638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}