Security community witnessed established malware families like TrickBot and FTCODE add new functionality to expand the efficacy of their attack efforts. Microsoft announced its intention to fix an Internet Explorer vulnerability under active exploitation by attackers. The Netherlands and Germany topped the rankings of the greatest number of data breaches reported to regulators at 40,647 and 37,636 individual data security events. DLA Pipers survey found that regulators had received more than 160,000 data breach notifications between May 25, 2018 and January 2020.”]