Editing Computer security (section)

===Large corporations===
Large corporations are common targets. In many cases attacks are aimed at financial gain through [[identity theft]] and involve [[data breach]]es. Examples include the loss of millions of clients' credit card and financial details by [[Home Depot]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Melvin |last=Backman |date=18 September 2014 |title=Home Depot: 56 million cards exposed in breach |publisher=[[CNNMoney]] |url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/09/18/technology/security/home-depot-hack/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218221105/https://money.cnn.com/2014/09/18/technology/security/home-depot-hack/ |archive-date=18 December 2014  }}</ref> [[Staples Inc.|Staples]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://fortune.com/2014/12/19/staples-cards-affected-breach/ |title=Staples: Breach may have affected 1.16 million customers' cards |magazine=Fortune.com |date=19 December 2014 |access-date=21 December 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221160612/http://fortune.com/2014/12/19/staples-cards-affected-breach/ |archive-date=21 December 2014  }}</ref> [[Target Corporation]],<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Not stated.-->|title=Target: 40 million credit cards compromised|url=https://money.cnn.com/2013/12/18/news/companies/target-credit-card/index.html|access-date=29 November 2017|work=CNN|date=19 December 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035530/https://money.cnn.com/2013/12/18/news/companies/target-credit-card/index.html|archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> and [[Equifax]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cowley|first1=Stacy|title=2.5 Million More People Potentially Exposed in Equifax Breach|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/business/equifax-breach.html|access-date=29 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=2 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201054900/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/business/equifax-breach.html|archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref>

Medical records have been targeted in general identify theft, health insurance fraud, and impersonating patients to obtain prescription drugs for recreational purposes or resale.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cybersecurity-healthcare-fbi-exclusiv-idUSBREA3M1Q920140423|title=Exclusive: FBI warns healthcare sector vulnerable to cyber attacks|first=Jim|last=Finkle|date=23 April 2014|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=23 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604120725/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cybersecurity-healthcare-fbi-exclusiv-idUSBREA3M1Q920140423|archive-date=4 June 2016}}</ref> Although cyber threats continue to increase, 62% of all organizations did not increase security training for their business in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/lack-of-employee-security-training/|title=Lack of Employee Security Training Plagues US Businesses|last=Seals|first=Tara|date=6 November 2015|work=Infosecurity Magazine|access-date=8 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109081033/https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/lack-of-employee-security-training/|archive-date=9 November 2017}}</ref>

Not all attacks are financially motivated, however: security firm [[HBGary Federal]] had a serious series of attacks in 2011 from [[Hacktivism|hacktivist]] group [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] in retaliation for the firm's CEO claiming to have infiltrated their group,<ref>{{cite web |last=Bright |first=Peter |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/anonymous-speaks-the-inside-story-of-the-hbgary-hack.ars/ |title=Anonymous speaks: the inside story of the HBGary hack |publisher=Arstechnica.com |date=15 February 2011 |access-date=29 March 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110327045801/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/anonymous-speaks-the-inside-story-of-the-hbgary-hack.ars |archive-date=27 March 2011  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Nate |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/how-one-security-firm-tracked-anonymousand-paid-a-heavy-price.ars/ |title=How one man tracked down Anonymous{{snd}}and paid a heavy price |publisher=Arstechnica.com |date=9 February 2011 |access-date=29 March 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110329090824/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/how-one-security-firm-tracked-anonymousand-paid-a-heavy-price.ars |archive-date=29 March 2011  }}</ref> and [[Sony Pictures]] was [[Sony Pictures hack|hacked in 2014]] with the apparent dual motive of embarrassing the company through data leaks and crippling the company by wiping workstations and servers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/12/24/technology/security/sony-hack-facts/ |title=What caused Sony hack: What we know now |first=Jose |last=Palilery |website=[[CNN Money]] |date=24 December 2014 |access-date=4 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104195455/https://money.cnn.com/2014/12/24/technology/security/sony-hack-facts/ |archive-date=4 January 2015  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=James |last=Cook |date=16 December 2014 |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-sony-hackers-still-have-a-massive-amount-of-data-that-hasnt-been-leaked-yet-2014-12 |title=Sony Hackers Have Over 100 Terabytes Of Documents. Only Released 200 Gigabytes So Far |work=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=18 December 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217204735/http://www.businessinsider.com/the-sony-hackers-still-have-a-massive-amount-of-data-that-hasnt-been-leaked-yet-2014-12 |archive-date=17 December 2014  }}</ref>