“This is a response to the fact that the past year has summoned in a new era in terms of cyberwar and data breaches,” Chris Boyd, a malware intelligence analyst at security firm Malwarebytes, told CNET in an e-mailed statement Friday. “The hacking of critical infrastructure, companies and government targets was once considered taboo and too technically difficult for nation states and criminal groups. This is now no longer the case.
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