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Arnaut Aguilar
Strong chapter here. Just need to work on some of the details. Need to link the sources in reference list and then link to them in the internal citations. Need to be sure to create some links to keywords.
Introduction
How much do you care about your privacy online? We as a society value our privacy a lot; from buying curtains to tinted car windows, we do everything in our hands to keep our life on wraps to strangers. Since the start of the pandemic, we have seen our way of life shifting over more and more to the digital world. From school to work, we all have experienced an increase in the use of technology throughout the day. With this frequent use of technology connected to the internet, we also produce more data and leave more data around. This data could be public data such as the things you post on different social media, or it could be private such as your credit card number. This massive surge of new data and information online comes with a big surge of private information that mischievous people want to get a hold of. This could not only affect us personally but businesses could also be affected. Since the start of Covid-19 and quarantine, there have been multiple attacks worldwide on businesses and people. Not only have there been multiple attacks, but one of the largest scams pulled on Twitter also occurred during the pandemic. But there is a way to resolve it and the biggest demographic that is experiencing this surge in technology is college and university students. We will learn new ways of keeping information safe online.
Connection to STS Theory
The STS Theory that best relates to this topic is modernization theory. This theory explains the process of innovation and growth within society. Modernization is broken down into different eras, such as pre-modern, traditional, and modern. Not only does society go through these types of modernization, but things in our society do as well; in this case, it’s advancements in cyber technology. Previous to recent years, cyber technology hasn’t been available to our convenience, but that also means it also hasn’t posed a threat to our privacy nearly as much as it does in today’s society.
A Timeline of Cyber Attack Events
Throughout the pandemic, there have been multiple cyber attacks throughout the world, from Asia, Europe, and North America. We have experienced a great surge in cyberattacks this year alone compared to previous years. The cyberattacks being documented are between January and May. Some of the cyber attacks include: Chinese hackers accused of distributing the Vicious Panda malware to Mongolia through emails purporting to come from the Mongolian Ministry of affairs, phishing attacks on medical groups in China that were traced back to India, attack on a Chezch hospital and stealing the information from patients, and free Netflix offer directs users to a malware-ridden website. “The 43 cyber-attacks presented in the timeline can be further categorized as follows:
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