VPNs are a competitive and profitable marketplace, provided they can scale. As a result, we get lots of marketing and attention-grabbing research. To be honest, that’s no bad thing; if you need to flog me something, then do so interestingly and educationally.
Step forward Surfshark, a VPN that has been estimating the cost of data breaches.
Most expensive gaming hacks
SurfShark estimate that the most expensive gaming platform hack was last May’s attack on Robolox. The estimate is some 100,000,000 accounts were hit at the cost of $697m.
Following up is Animal Jam, with 46m accounts and $5m in cost, then Call of Duty with 500k accounts for an estimated financial impact of $3m.
Expensive data hacks
Gaming sites, though, aren’t especially vulnerable or targeted. Telecoms are, and tech and web are also problematic. Agree; the definition is a factor here. What counts as a web platform but not a tech one?
The timeline helps visualise the sort of sites that get targeted and fall foul of the attack.
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