Data Breach Culprits: Phishing and Ransomware Dominate
Compliance
Compliance
euroinfosec) • June 1, 2021
Overview of personal data breach reporting requirements (Source: U.K. Information Commissioner s Office)
Phishing, ransomware and unauthorized access continue to be the leading cyber causes of violations of data protection rules and personal data breaches, Britain s privacy watchdog reports.
The Information Commissioner s Office, which enforces the country s data protection laws, including compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, says it received 2,425 reports of security incidents in the first quarter of 2021. The quantity of reports has remained relatively steady for numerous quarters, barring a dip at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic - from April to June 2020 - when the total number of reports was just 1,446.