Retail and delivery were the leading sectors in terms of leaked information in 2022, according to a report by Kaspersky Lab.
"Delivery (34%) and retail (14%) were the leading sectors in terms of leaked information registered in messages on specialized platforms," the company’s press service said.
Most often data was compromised in retail firms, with their share standing at 26% of the total number of companies facing the problem in 2022, according to the report. Meanwhile, the bulk of user data (64%) was compromised as a result of attacks on large business, the report noted.
The number of data leaks in Russia may rise by 20% in 2023 compared with 2022, Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence’s analyst told reporters on Monday.
According to a report by Kaspersky Lab ‘On major data leaks in Russia’, 168 cases of publication of notable data bases of Russian companies were registered in 2022, with a total of over 2 bln records published. Delivery (34%) and retail (14%) were the leading sectors in terms of leaked information.
"Those are almost 300 mln user data, of which 16%, or around 48 lines, had passwords," according to the report.
