Dark Reading reports the findings of an Apple-commissioned study supports the adoption of end-to-end encryption to protect sensitive data from theft or misuse:
In 2021 and 2022, data breaches exposed a staggering 2.6 billion personal records — some 1.5 billion of them last year alone. That number will likely be even higher in 2023 if trends so far this year are any indication.
The total number of data breaches in the first nine months of 2023 alone is already 20% higher than the total for all of 2022. Corporate and institutional breaches exposed sensitive records belonging to some 360 million people through the end of August 2023.
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Ransomware and vendor attacks contributed in a major way to the sharp increase in data breaches and resulting compromise of sensitive records. The number of ransomware attacks in the first nine months of 2023, for instance, was 70% higher than the same period in 2022. Some 50% more organizations reported experiencing a ransomware attack in the first half of 2023 compared to 2022, and the number appears to be trending even higher in the back half of the year.
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