A nice summation of the Gemalto report regarding the data breaches in 2014.
Identity theft was by far the largest type of attack, with 54% of the breaches involving the theft of personal data, up from 23% in 2013.
Data records are defined as personally identifiable information such as email addresses, names, passwords, banking details, health information, and social security numbers.
via 1 Billion Data Records Stolen in 2014, Says Gemalto – Digits – WSJ.
Key points:
- 4% of the data breached was encrypted – demonstrating it’s effectiveness and it’s still lack of proper adoption
- 78% of breaches were from U.S. companies, followed by the U.K.
Lessons abound, and I am working on publishing a new piece on the evolution of these breaches, and how “we” have misinterpreted the utility of this data.
On a similar topic, please join me in pursuing to build leading habits for everyday user’s to minimize the impact of these breaches at – http://www.hownottobehacked.com my new research project.
Best,
James
