Based on a poll of 500 IT professionals and 3,000 remote workers in the UK and US, a report from Egress found Microsoft 365 users have seen an increase in email data breaches. Sixty-seven percent of IT professionals said the increase is due to remote working, while 26% attributed incidents to an employee mistakenly sharing data through email. Of the Microsoft 365 users, 15% experienced more than 500 data breaches in 2020, and 93% reported subsequent negative impacts. In other news, ZDNet reveals hhishing, ransomware, web app attacks dominate data breaches, according to the Verizon Business Data Breach Investigations Report.
What is this page?
You are reading a summary article on the Privacy Newsfeed, a free resource for DPOs and other professionals with privacy or data protection responsibilities helping them stay informed of industry news all in one place. The information here is a brief snippet relating to a single piece of original content or several articles about a common topic or thread. The main contributor is listed in the top left-hand corner, just beneath the article title.
The Privacy Newsfeed monitors over 300 global publications, of which more than 4,350 summary articles have been posted to the online archive dating back to the beginning of 2020. A weekly roundup is available by email every Friday.
