Hacking against corporations surges as workers take computers home

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Thieves take advantage of security weakened by pandemic work-from-home policies.

Hacking against corporations surges as workers take computers home
Hacking activity against corporations in the United States and other countries more than doubled by some measures last month as digital thieves took advantage of security weakened by pandemic work-from-home policies, researchers said. Corporate security teams have a harder time protecting data ...

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