Verizon Business RISK team issues annual data breach report on 2009 breaches for the first time. The report tracks a sharp decline in the total number of compromised records (143 million compromised records vs. 285 million in 2008) 85 percent of records last year were compromised by organized criminal groups. A key finding in this years report is that most companies suffering breaches that were either initiated or aided by employees. The study found a strong correlation that the employee had long been flouting security policies that prohibit certain computer security practices.”]
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/07/hacked-companies-hit-by-the-obvious-in-2009/