Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigation Report found 58% of data stolen in 2011 was the result of hactivism, which involves computer break-ins for political rather than commercial gain. Verizon says it examined 855 cybersecurity incidents worldwide that involved 174 million compromised records worldwide. The most common attack methods were social engineering and the exploitation of weak passwords and lax company security policies, the report says. Organizations need a program of layered security technologies and policies to make employees use stronger passwords, CSO’s Carolyn Duffy Marsan writes.”]