Study in Europe finds employee errors, abuse more to blame than hackers for data breaches

by  Associated Press Insiders seen most at fault in data breaches Associated Press - 7 October 2014 08:34-04:00 BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A new study says that most breaches of personal data in Europe over the past decade were due to errors and abuse committed by an organization's employees, not hackers. Researchers at the Central European University's Center for Media, Data and Society found that 226 million personal records were compromised in 30 European countries since 2005, with Britain, Norway, Germany and Greece among those with the most cases. The study's author, Philip Howard, said 57 percent of the incidents reported were attributed to organizational errors, insider abuse or mismanagement, while "clear acts of theft" by hackers accounted for 41 percent of the breaches, with 2 percent unspecified. The report also found that, in Europe, 56 personal records were compromised for every 100 Internet users. News Topics: Business, Computer and data security, Hacking, Computing and information technology, Technology, Technology issues People, Places and Companies: Hungary, Europe, Eastern Europe Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Three soldiers killed in Volos firing range explosion

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Greece’s Bad Loans Worry Troika

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How Did English Become The Language Of Science?

But these terms actually have origins in Russian, Greek and French.

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Greek yields hit one-week high, Athens denies abrupt end to IMF/EU visit

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State TV: 3 killed in army blast in Greece

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