Security Intelligence March 11, 2020
In 2019, we saw a record number of information security breaches. According to the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2020, a total of 8.5 billion records were compromised — three times the number from 2018.
The healthcare industry saw its fair share of attacks and was the 10th-most targeted industry, accounting for 3 percent of all attacks last year. The industry was particularly plagued by Ryuk ransomware, which, in one case, demanded a $14 million ransom payment to decrypt files and allow nursing homes in the U.S. to restore their operations.
Interestingly, the 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report found that 24 percent of reported data breaches globally were due to negligent employees or third parties. Employees, despite...
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