Recent Cyber Security Breaches 2018
And that doesn t even begin to cover the millions of records stolen by cyber thieves in the second half of the year.
Recent cyber security breaches 2018. It is estimated that the average cost of a data breach will be over 150 million by 2020 with the global annual cost forecast to be 2 1 trillion. The 15 biggest data breaches of the 21st century data breaches affecting millions of users are far too common. Here are some of the biggest baddest breaches in recent memory. Published 25 april 2018.
Billions of people were affected by data breaches and cyberattacks in. The database contained two terabytes of information that included the personal details of hundreds of millions of americans and businesses. The cybersecurity industry has in 2018 grappled with regulatory changes and challenges massive data breaches executive and channel leadership transitions and heavy private and public funding. Another year another series of malicious hacks and data breaches.
It s estimated that in the first half of 2018 over 4 5 billion records were compromised by unauthorized parties. The worst cybersecurity breaches of 2018 so far there haven t been as many hacks and attacks compared to this time last year but that s where the good news ends. This is the highest number of breaches ever recorded in a single six month period and a 133 increase since the same time last year. Facebook as per facebook ceo the company has not seen the accounts getting compromised nor found any inappropriate.
Most breaches occur in north america. It is estimated that in first half of 2018 alone about 4 5 billion records were exposed as a result of data breaches. Here is the list of biggest cyber security breaches we saw in the year 2018. It was more a sign of the times.
A recent report conducted by digital security company gemalto revealed that 945 security breaches led to a staggering 4 5 billion data records being compromised in the first half of 2018.