Hacking Takes Lead as Top Cause of Data Breaches

08.01.2010

On the other hand, a hacker specifically wants the data, likely for identify theft and . The insider theft category also represents someone intentionally going after valuable data, according to ITRC founder Linda Foley. Taken together, these two categories account for 36.4 percent of those breaches with known causes, while those with human error causes comprise 27.5 percent. That doesn't bode well for the safety of our data.