“EVERY YEAR HACK attacks seem to get worse—whether in their sophistication, breadth, or sheer brazenness. This year was no different. Big hacks hit a range of high-profile targets, from the web’s leading adultery website to the federal Office of Personal Management. We’re also ending 2015 with a doozy of a hack mystery: Juniper Networks discovered two unauthorized backdoors in its NetScreen firewalls, one of which would allow the unknown hackers to decrypt protected traffic passing through the firm’s VPN/firewall.”
Source: The Year’s 11 Biggest Hacks, From Ashley Madison to OPM | WIRED
