Gemalto has issued the 2014 Breach Level Index based on data gathered from publicly-available information about data breaches throughout the world. The company highlighted the significant increase in both corporate breaches and data theft compared to the previous year. Identity theft data breaches also accounted for one-third of the most severe incidents. The main motivation for cyber attacks in 2014 was the identity theft that accounted for 54% of the incidents, this motivation for data breach was predominant also respect financial-motivated attacks. Retail and financial industries that suffered the major losses were retail and financial, retail experienced an increase in data breaches for 11% compared to last year.”]
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