Merry Hacksmas: Why Dec. 25 has cybersecurity experts on alert

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Merry Hacksmas: Why Dec. 25 has cybersecurity experts on alert
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How Christmas became one of the biggest days of the year for hackers.

“It’s really like the Grinch,” said Patrick Sullivan, senior director of security at Akamai Technologies, a security firm that specializes in stopping attacks.

Every year since, Christmas Day has become notorious in the cybersecurity industry. While presents are getting unwrapped under trees, computer systems — and some unfortunate security professionals — are guarding against deluges of fake traffic.purposefully anger people

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