Cybercrime is neither rare nor isolated these days. Every company with an online presence or even a connection to the Internet has become fair game.
Symantec has reported, year over year, malicious Internet attacks are steadily increasing. Their most recently released report (2012), showed that in 2011, these attacks had increased by over 81 percent, and unique malicious software ("malware") variants increased by 41 percent, compared with 2010. It is no longer a question of whether a company will be hacked, but when.
