The Megabreach Is Back: Hacktivists To Blame For 58 Percent Of Stolen Data In 2011, Says Verizon Study

Move over organized cybercriminals, the new gangs in town don't want our money, but they want to make a point, and they're going to do whatever it takes to make sure we listen. The annual Data Breach Investigations Report (embedded below this post) from Verizon and major security agencies has found that hacktivism from the likes of Anonymous accounted for 58 percent of all data stolen online in 2012 -- a contrast with years past, when organized crime groups were the main culprits. And, as is the way with hacktivists, they work on large volumes of records rather than multiple, targeted opportunities: "The megabreach is back," said Chris Porter, principal on the Risk team at Verizon. In an investigation that also involved United States Secret Service, the Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit, the Australian Federal Police, the Irish Reporting & Information Security Service and the Police Central e-Crime Unit of the London Metropolitan Police, Verizon found that 2011 was the second-highest year for data loss that it has recorded, since it stated the annual investigation in 2004. In all, it analysed 855 data breaches covering 174 million stolen records.

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