"While setting a record for the number of data breaches is attention-grabbing, unfortunately, it is not surprising," Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center, said in a release. "There are a handful of reasons for the rise in data compromises, ranging from the drastic uptick in zero-day attacks to a new wave of ransomware attacks as new ransomware groups enter the criminal identity marketplace." Credit: Andrey Popov/stock.adobe.com
The U.S. set a record for the number of data compromise events in a single year with 2,116, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), which reported this is 14% above the previous record with three months still to go.
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