2015’s Top Ten Data Breaches
It may not be the most enjoyable thing that we can reminisce about from 2015, but reviewing the top ten data breaches for the year can provide valuable insight. The 781 data breaches that exposed 169,068,506 records in 2015 represents a slightly lower number than in 2014. The industries that were the most common targets (beginning with the most frequent target) were: Medical/Healthcare; Government/Military; Banking/Credit/Financial; and Educational. [1/8/16]