Data breaches exposed 2.8 billion consumer records in 2018

New data from digital identity platform ForgeRock reveals that data breaches cost US organizations over $654 billion as well as exposing more than 2.8 billion consumer records. Personally identifiable information (PII) was the most targeted data for breaches in 2018, accounting for 97 percent of all breaches, with unauthorized access encompassing 34 percent of all attacks. Healthcare, financial services and government are the sectors most impacted by cyberattacks. Almost half (48 percent) of all consumer data breaches happened in healthcare, four times as many in any other sector. Financial services and government are the second and third most targeted industries,… [Continue Reading]