The first-ever joint report by the Verizon Business Risk data crime investigation team and the U.S. Secret Service presents a fascinating and current insight into the murky world of data theft and cyber crime. Contrary to general expectations 85% of all stolen data records can be traced back to organised crime. Woaah. While almost 50% of cases had active insider involvement, these were small-time jobs resulting in only 3% of records lost. So yes, watch out for your employees, but beware of those syndicates!

Read more in Woody Leonhard’s summation of the report here.

Download a copy of the VBR/USSS report from Verizon Business here

Tags: data breach, Data breach report, data theft, security breach statistics, U.S. Secret Service, Verizon Business Risk

Categories: Research, Security

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