Look Back the History of Black Hat

Sept 3, 2013 (Tue): “Black Hat” was established in 1997, is a type of hacking whereby the hacker forms the stereotypical, illegal hacking groups often portrayed in popular culture, and are “the epitome of all that the public fears in a computer criminal”. Black hat hackers break into secure networks to destroy data or make the network unusable for those who are authorized to use the network.

Recently, Trustwave has asked 426 people to take a trip down memory lane about Black Hat and also to help them predict the future by way of a survey. The result of the survey can be found through the below infographic: