Welcome to The Hacks We Can't See, Motherboard's week-long exploration of the future of information security, or cybersecurity as it's most commonly—and begrudgingly for some—come to be known.Hacking has gone from a niche to truly mainstream in the last few years, thanks to high-profile data breaches such as the 2012 Target one, and shocking vulnerabilities such as the one that allowed researchers to kill a car's engine as it was speeding on the highway last year.
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For some, who perhaps are a bit nihilistic, everything will get hacked eventually. We wanted take a look into that prediction, and look at the hacks and cyberattacks we can't see yet, as well as the ones that show us a future we weren't aware of.During this week, we'll take you behind the shocking hack on the Democratic National Committee, which might very well be the first time a foreign power, in this case Russia, has used hacking to try to influence an election.We'll delve into how the rise of the Internet of Things puts us at danger of hacks we can't even imagine. We'll show you how hackers could mess with your mind through brain-implanted interfaces, and try to figure out what they could do with your DNA.It's not all doom and gloom though, we'll also share our basic tips on how to stay safe online and try to avoid getting hacked, and we'll show you how, contrary to what you might believe, hackers are making the world a better place.The Hacks We Can't See is Motherboard's theme week dedicated to the future of security and the hacks no one's talking about. Follow along_ here_.