[Sites often get hacked simply because they present an opportunity for vandalism and not because they espouse any ideology or cause that an attacker may oppose, said Ira Winkler, president of the Internet Security Advisors Group in Severna Park, Md., and author of a book called Corporate Espionage.] To a hacker, you're just an IP address, ... You get hit because you let yourself be an easy mark.

Ira Winkler