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Data breaches have become an increasingly severe threat, with recent reports highlighting a surge in their frequency and cost. Understanding the latest trends and statistics surrounding data...
The Critical Infrastructure Edition of the 2024 Data Threat Report, by technology organisation Thales, found that ransomware incidents at critical infrastructure organisations are on the rise globally - even as these organisations explore the applications and data risks of AI. In a conversation with TechRepublic, Thales' ANZ Director of Data Security Erick Reyes said ransomware attackers are most likely to target critical infrastructure organisations that hold critical data. Critical infrastructure organisations juggling ransomware and AI. Thales' report found that 42% of critical infrastructure organisations in all global markets surveyed were breached at some point in the past - 7% lower than all industries.
IBM recently released its annual Cost of a Data Breach report, revealing that the average cost of a data breach in Australia reached a record-high of AUD $4.26 million in 2024. Initial attack vectors: Phishing was the most common initial attack vector, accounting for 22% of breaches and costing businesses AUD $4.35 million per breach on average.
Australian organisations have reported the highest rate of data breaches compared with global markets in 2023, according to a new survey. The State of Data Security: Measuring Your Data's Risk report, based on a survey of 1,600 global IT and security leaders as well as telemetry data from 6,100 Rubrik customers, gauged the frequency of cyber incidents related to business email compromises, data breaches, ransomware attacks, insider incidents and inadvertent data exposure.
This article provides an overview of the major data breaches we covered in 2024 so far, highlighting incidents involving Trello, AnyDesk, France Travail, Nissan, MITRE, Dropbox, BBC Pension Scheme, TeamViewer, Advance Auto Parts, and AT&T. Find out what led to the breaches and how they affected the breached organizations. French national unemployment agency France Travail and Cap emploi, a government employment service for people with disabilities, have suffered a data breach that might have exposed personal data of 43 million people.
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