By the end of 2023, attackers had leaked 1.12 billion personal records into the network; this figure was almost 60% higher than in 2022. writes about this RBC With reference to data from InfoWatch analysts.
Analysts state that a total of 95 large databases from Russian companies were leaked to the public, which is 28% more than by 2022. Most of the leaks were the result of cyber attacks. On average, approximately 1.7 million records are leaked per episode.
“If we talk about the number of incidents, it decreased by 15 percent in 2023, reaching 656 incidents. But this slight decrease was more than compensated by the increased damage organizations received from effective leaks,” explains Andrey Arsentyev, head of analytics and special projects at the specialized analytics center of the InfoWatch group of companies.
Before that, Alexander Matveev, director of the IZ:SOC center for monitoring and countering cyber threats at Informzashchita warnedthat users’ personal data may leak into the network during global Internet outages.
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