According to Atlas VPN research compiled from various publicly available sources, the number of exposed government and individual politician records increased by 278% when comparing the first quarters of 2019 and 2020.
During the first quarter of 2019, there were over 4.5 million breached records of individual politicians or government bodies globally. Meanwhile, in 2020 Q1, the number of leaked records skyrocketed, reaching over 17 million and representing a growth of nearly three times
Looking at the most significant government breach – in March 2020, The Dutch government disclosed losing two external hard drives. Both of the drives had personal information of over 6.9 million organ donors stored.
To this day, it is still unknown who the malicious actor was. There is also no evidence of anyone attempting to use the stolen information.
It has to be noted that it is often the case that data breaches come to light only after a few months. Hence, due to the coronavirus pandemic and increased hacker activity, the actual number of 2020 Q1 data breaches might be exponentially higher.
Last month, malware, phishing, command, and control were the most common types of cyberattacks. With 53%, the malware was the most popular way hackers used to intercept devices.
To read the full report, head over to: https://atlasvpn.com/blog/number-of-leaked-government-records-increases-by-278-percent-in-q1-2020/
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Number of leaked government records increases by 278% in Q1: Atlas VPN
According to Atlas VPN research compiled from various publicly available sources, the number of exposed government and individual politician records increased by 278% when comparing the first quarters of 2019 and 2020.
During the first quarter of 2019, there were over 4.5 million breached records of individual politicians or government bodies globally. Meanwhile, in 2020 Q1, the number of leaked records skyrocketed, reaching over 17 million and representing a growth of nearly three times
Looking at the most significant government breach – in March 2020, The Dutch government disclosed losing two external hard drives. Both of the drives had personal information of over 6.9 million organ donors stored.
To this day, it is still unknown who the malicious actor was. There is also no evidence of anyone attempting to use the stolen information.
It has to be noted that it is often the case that data breaches come to light only after a few months. Hence, due to the coronavirus pandemic and increased hacker activity, the actual number of 2020 Q1 data breaches might be exponentially higher.
Last month, malware, phishing, command, and control were the most common types of cyberattacks. With 53%, the malware was the most popular way hackers used to intercept devices.
To read the full report, head over to: https://atlasvpn.com/blog/number-of-leaked-government-records-increases-by-278-percent-in-q1-2020/
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