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Outrageous Hacking Statistics
Some of the cyber breaches are audacious, others outrageous, yet others simply stunning.
1. There is a hacker attack every 39 seconds.
(Source: Security magazine)
By the time the average person takes a selfie and uploads it to Instagram, the next hacker attack has already taken place.
2. Cybercrime is more profitable than the global illegal drug trade.
(Source: Cybersecurity Ventures)
The profit from the illegal drug industry amounts to around $400 billion annually. For comparison, cybercriminals have earned a total of around $600 billion in 2018.
3. Hackers steal 75 records every second.
(Source: Breach Level Index)
Cybersecurity facts show us the average number of record stolen per second. Breaches are actually a lot rarer than that – it’s just that each breach allows for a lot of records to be stolen.
4. 66% of businesses attacked by hackers weren’t confident they could recover.
(Source: Fortune)
Most businesses don’t really know if they’re prepared for a cyber attack. Actually, 75% of all businesses don’t even have a formal cyber attack response plan.
Cyber attacks statistics reveal that in 2018:
5. 73% of black hat hackers said traditional firewall and antivirus security is irrelevant or obsolete.
(Source: Thycotic.com)
According to the same survey, 80% of hackers say “humans are the most responsible for security breaches”.
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyber threats are concerns for many small and medium-sized business executives entering 2020, AppRiver’s “Q4 Cyberthreat Index for Business Survey” revealed. ...
