Page 9 - Cybersecurity Career Guide

Keeping Gamers Going
Stuck at home during the pandemic, many of us
turned to video games for entertainment. Hackers
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t c n e e 40 9 ion ga ry. systems of Electronic Arts and stole 780 gigabytes
worth of source code used in the company’s games.
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l a bugging tools for EA’s most popular games, such as
Bat lefi co ied b op o to in game players who spend real money on virtual,
in-game items like skins, character enhancements,
l email addresses, passwords, login details, and
geolocation information, which they can then sell
n Pr hi n day marauders with assault rifles. Today’s tech-savvy pirates can
hack into the GPS systems of cargo ships as they sail the ocean
blue, taking over command from the captains. Malware can af-
fect command-and-control systems to disrupt shipping of major
commodities (such as grain and other
foodstuffs) or hold ships for ran-
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so ag spying. Fully 90 percent
of the world’s trade
is transported by sea,
and ships that carry that
cargo — worth billions — are
vulnerable to cyberattack. A recent
a t a r at s uro oth ard ns ways
changing. All hands on deck indeed!
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