Cybersecurity Dive January 25, 2024
Breached organizations are withholding critical information more often than ever, underscoring a trend toward opaque notices, the Identity Theft Resource Center said.
Data compromises were more abundant and organizations were less forthright about the root cause of cyberattacks throughout 2023, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s annual data breach report.
The number of data compromises reported in the U.S. last year jumped 78% to a record high of 3,205 incidents, the non-profit organization said Thursday. These compromises ultimately impacted more than 353 million victims, including individuals affected multiple times.
“The sheer scale of the 2023 data compromises is overwhelming,” ITRC CEO Eva Velasquez said in the report.
Specific details about the attack vector were missing from 44% of all...
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