Data Breach Report: Malicious Attacks Doubled in 2009

Quotes

1. “ They are the most costly, and the types of attacks we found included botnet attacks and data-stealing malware. ”

   By Larry Ponemon

2. “ Trying to compare a catastrophic data breach's numbers with a regular data breach would be like trying to compare the budgets of the United States to Haiti's. ”

3. “ Media also drives cost, but also we find that people still care deeply if no major media covers it and they just get a notification letter. ”

   By Larry Ponemon

4. “ Trying to compare a catastrophic data breach's numbers with a regular data breach would be like trying to compare the budgets of the United States to Haiti's. ”

Entities Mentioned

• Ponemon Institute
• Larry Ponemon
• TJX
• Traverse City
• Haiti

1. Malicious criminal attacks have doubled, and the average cost of a data breach has increased to $204 per compromised record. (Read Full Article)

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