Well it depends on how you look at it. Today we have many more devices connected to the internet, and like you mentioned, the interconnected nature of devices,

Well it depends on how you look at it. Today we have many more devices connected to the internet, and like you mentioned, the interconnected nature of devices, increases the surface area for exploits (and other non-exploits like denial of service attacks). Also back in the day the people using computers were more savvier about tech in general, making the whole situation much more worse IMO.