![]() On the other hand, it was the retail, computer software and financial sectors which accounted for 77% of all identities exposed last year.Īs the size and scope of breaches is exploding, the trust and reputation of businesses are put at risk, and even personal information of consumers is increasingly compromised. Other causes of data breaches include insider theft which accounted for six percent unknown cause, two percent and fraud, two percent.īy sector, breaches were high in healthcare, education and the government which accounted for 58% of all data breaches in 2013. Theft or loss of a device, with 69 incidents, ranked third, and accounted for 27% of data breach incidents. The second biggest source of data breaches, at 29% and with 72 incidents, was due to accidental exposure. With 87 data breach incidents, the average number of identities exposed per data breach for hacking incidents was approximately 4.7 million. ![]() Of the total data breaches, the bulk or 34% was caused by hacking. The average number of identities exposed last year was four times greater than in 2012. Robles also said that 2013 was the year of the mega breach as a lot of data breaches happened towards the end of 2013, with eight of the data breaches exposing more than 10 million identities. The report also reveals that the Philippines’ ranking in the worldwide threat activity (malicious code, spam, phishing, bot-infected computers, network and Web attacks) profile among the more than 150 countries and territories went down to 32nd, from 36th in 2012. Proving cybercrimes still rampant and damaging to businesses and customers, the number of data breach incidents increased by 62% to 253 in 2013 from 156 the previous year, resulting to the exposure of more than 552 million identities as against 93 million identities exposed in 2012 A key observation is while the level of sophistication continues to grow among attackers, what was surprising was their willingness to be a lot more patient – waiting to strike until the reward is bigger and better,” said Luichi Robles, senior country manager of Symantec Philippines. “There has been a decline in Philippines’ cyber security threat profile, ranked 32nd globally last year.
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