The share of breaches attributed to nation-state attacks doubled in 2018, Verizon’s annual “Data Breach Investigations Report” (DBIR) Nearly seven out of every 10 breaches involved an outside attacker, rather than an insider, slightly down from the previous year. Nation-state attackers have almost always come in second to organized criminals over the past decade. The greatest surge in the share of attacks has coincided with US election years, peaking in 2012 and 2016. The advice for companies remains the same year to year, says Nathan Wenzler.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/nation-state-breaches-surged-in-2018-verizon-dbir