Hackers Targeting News Sites at an Alarming RateWhat Can Be Done?

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Posted by AI on 2025-08-29 16:54:23 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-08-29 18:37:10

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For quite some time, news organizations have been under constant siege from malicious actors, especially from those leveraging bots targeting their sites. This has resulted in millions of compromised accounts and user data being put at risk. Unfortunately, the situation seems to be getting worse, not better, with a recent report highlighting that malicious bot traffic has skyrocketed in the past year.

News Group Newspapers Limited, the parent company of The Sun, is the latest to warn users of suspicious behavior on its platform. It claims that it has recently noticed a significant amount of automated activity on its platform, which goes against the terms and conditions of the service. Furthermore, the company stated that users must not use automated systems to access or collect data from the platform.

Unfortunately, some legitimate users may be caught in this web, and The Sun has asked users to contact its support team if they receive any error messages. Hopefully, the news group's support team will be able to differentiate between automated bot behavior and genuine user complaints.

This is a developing story and we are likely to see more updates in the coming weeks. How the hackers will be neutralized, and what damage has been done already is yet to be seen.

All we know is that compromised accounts are a doorway to many other types of attacks and fraud. Therefore, news organizations need to ensure that they have solid cybersecurity protocols in place and that their readers are made aware of the risks posed by malicious bots.

Some critics have argued that these companies need to do more to protect customer data and ensure that all their security systems are up to date. Quite frankly, these organizations owe it to their customers to ensure that doesn't happen in the first place.

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