Date:22/04/16
According to InfoWatch Analytical Centre, 1505 cases of leakage of confidential information were registered in 2015, which is 7.8% more than in the previous year. The Center cites staff negligence and external cyber-attacks as the most common causes of leaks in 2015. Analysts noted that the share of the leaks that happened due to external attacks increased by 7.2% compared to the same period of 2014 and made 32.2%. Data leaks caused by external attacks are characterized by a large volume of compromised data. In 51.2% of the cases, the leaks (both accidental and malicious) were caused by current or former employees of the organizations. More often (in 90.8% of cases) personal data and payment information was leaked. A total of more than 965,900,000 records were compromised during the stated period.
1505 cases of leakage of confidential information were registered in 2015
According to InfoWatch Analytical Centre, 1505 cases of leakage of confidential information were registered in 2015, which is 7.8% more than in the previous year. The Center cites staff negligence and external cyber-attacks as the most common causes of leaks in 2015. Analysts noted that the share of the leaks that happened due to external attacks increased by 7.2% compared to the same period of 2014 and made 32.2%. Data leaks caused by external attacks are characterized by a large volume of compromised data. In 51.2% of the cases, the leaks (both accidental and malicious) were caused by current or former employees of the organizations. More often (in 90.8% of cases) personal data and payment information was leaked. A total of more than 965,900,000 records were compromised during the stated period. Views: 414
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