New firms are even actively infiltrating and gathering information from hacker and cyber criminal forums.

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Yet while companies and large organizations are bound by legislation and answerable to the public when it comes to accessing sensitive data, there is one digital denizen who does so at will: the cyber criminal.

FORBES: Don't Forget The Cyber Criminals

Every cyber-criminal dreams about users on unsecured Wi-Fi networks, typing passwords into non-secure websites, and visiting domains that may not be encrypted.

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