Most major data breaches in the United States have three things in common, Matt Noyes, Secret Service cyber policy advisor, told an audience Wednesday at the UNITED Security Summit sponsored by security firm Rapid7.
First, attackers are after data they can monetize – credit card data, user names and passwords they can sell, or other information they can make money from.Second, attacks are conducted by professional, transnational criminal networks that are working together.
Third, the victims of the data breach often do not re...
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