Cybercriminals are stealing data at an alarming rate. Both the number of breaches and the number of files stolen globally in these hacks rose dramatically to set a new record in 2016, according to a new report from Risk Based Security. The 4,149 confirmed breaches exposed more than 4.2 billion records. That’s approximately 3.2 billion more records than were exposed in 2013, the previous all-time high.Businesses were the prime targets, with more than half (55 percent) of the reported breaches. But hackers also attacked medical institutions and government agencies.”The number of records compromised just went completely off the charts,” said Inga Goddijn, executive vice president of Risk Based Security. “And as staggering as they are, our numbers probably underestimate the actual criminal activity that’s taking place.”
Källa: More Than 4 Billion Data Records Were Stolen Globally in 2016 – NBC News
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