The Key Is Prevention Dick urged companies to make sure their computers are secure and to keep up to date with security patches and new viruses. The center has developed software that enables companies to test whether their computers have been invaded and are hosting the software that makes these attacks possible. Officials hopes this week's attacks will prompt more companies and individuals to increase their security. The key is everyone implementing appropriate security measures so that you do not allow your computer systems to be used in some of these attacks. Officials at all of the companies targeted by this week's attacks have been quick to point out that customers' privacy remains safe because the attackers did not access any user data.
Hackers break into systems.
Attackers simply assault them from the outside. They need to understand that in these kinds of attacks data isn't compromised and lost and their privacy isn't compromised and lost. That does not mean, however, that the attacks don't affect consumers. The companies themselves stand to lose money if they can't display ads when promised. And everyone stands to lose if the public's confidence in the Internet erodes.