Governments show highest number of data breaches

[vc_row parallax=”” parallax_image=”” row_type=”row” type=”full_width” anchor=”” in_content_menu=”” content_menu_title=”” content_menu_icon=”” text_align=”left” video=”” video_overlay=”” video_overlay_image=”” video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_image=”” background_image=”” section_height=”” background_color=”” border_color=”” padding=”” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” more_button_label=”” less_button_label=”” button_position=”” color=”” css_animation=”” transition_delay=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Around 1 673 data breaches led to 707 million data records being compromised worldwide during 2015.

This is according to the latest findings of the Breach Level Index (BLI) released by digital security company Gemalto, yesterday.

According to the Index, more than 3.6 billion data records have been exposed globally since 2013. Further findings revealed in 2015 malicious outsiders were the leading source of these breaches, accounting for 964, or 58% of breaches and 38% of compromised records.

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