"Over 200 Million Brits Have Data Compromised in Four Years"

According to security researchers at Imperva, UK organizations lost billions in data breaches between 2019 and 2022, with hundreds of millions of their customers suffering compromise of their personal information.  The researchers studied 99,490 breaches reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) between April 2019 and December 2022, as well as the “most notable breaches” identified by Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) members during the study.  The researchers found that data on over 200 million Brits was compromised during the period, the equivalent of every citizen’s data being stolen at least three times.  The researchers noted that the analysis also revealed that malicious attacks such as malware, phishing, and ransomware accounted for just a third (33%) of breaches reported to the ICO versus 40% of incidents caused by insider threats.  Additionally, 10% were related to unauthorized access to data, and 12% to data emailed to the wrong person.  A similar share (11%) could be explained by data being lost or stolen, such as device theft.  The researchers stated that nearly two-fifths (37%) of all breaches studied can be explained by human error.

Infosecurity reports: "Over 200 Million Brits Have Data Compromised in Four Years"