The office of the data protection authority want people to think about how personal data is handled. It blamed the breach on a highly sophisticated cyberattack.
Based on the events of 2024 so far, the majority of data. The report shows that for a second year running, human error remains the leading cause of data breaches, with 31% of enterprises pinpointing this as the root cause.
Ransomware and the meteoric rise of extortion techniques accounted for a third (32%) of all breaches.
In 2023, the landscape of global data breaches significantly intensified from previous years, including a 72% increase in the number of data compromises over the previous high in 2022.
Most significant cases of data breach worldwide as of january 2024 (in millions), by number of compromised data records and individuals.
Information including addresses, social security numbers and passcodes was published on the dark.
