Breaches Down, Insider Attacks Up, Verizon Business/Secret Service Study Says
July 28, 2010
Total Loss:
Unknown
The number of records compromised in major data breaches dropped sharply last year, according to a new study being issued today. But the causes of those breaches changed dramatically, shifting strongly toward insider attacks.
Those are just two of the conclusions revealed in the
2010 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (PDF), a study that has been conducted annually by the forensics unit of Verizon Business, and this year combines Verizon's data with breach data compiled by the U.S. Secret Service. The drop-off in records affected might also be a reflection of a shift in targets -- cybercriminals are becoming more interested in passwords and privileges than in pure credit card data.
Source:
DarkReading; By Tim Wilson
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Credit Card Fraud