What Hacking Looks Like
It’s one thing knowing that hacking groups like Anonymous can overwhelm and take down other computer systems, if not at least denting the intended functionality, but what is really going on?
This visualisation by Ben Reardon gives a good idea of what happens under the hood when hackers strike. He says this is just one of countless attacks that occur every second:
From Kotaku:
Reardon’s visualisation transforms the act of hacking a VoIP server into a strategic dance. The hacker shoots streams of red and white dot scans into the server, attempting to access user accounts, represented by blue bubbles. If the two meet, user accounts may be compromised, something we’d hate to see happen to anyone.
The server responds by releasing honeypots, shown here as green bubbles. These packets of disguised data will trap and confound the hacker’s scans. The hacker responds by increasing the scans, attempting to flood the server to the point where the honeypots become ineffective.
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