Gamers are getting hit with cyberattacks more than ever.
Gamers are getting hit with cyberattacks more than ever.
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Akamai: Cyberattacks on gaming grew 340% in pandemic

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Gaming faced the highest growth in cyberattacks during the pandemic, according to a report by Akamai Security Research.

The report showed that “relentless” web application and credential stuffing attacks targeting gamers and gaming companies persisted throughout 2020, said Steve Ragan, Akamai security researcher and author of the “State of the Internet Security report,” in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.