Verizon’s “2020 Data Breach Investigations Report” (DBIR) finds 67% of breaches were related to human factors. Errors, along with credential theft and social attacks, made up 67%. Phishing is the top form of social attack, Verizon’s report says. Hacking remains a top threat, with more than 80% involved brute force or use of lost or stolen credentials. Misconfiguration increased 4.9% from last year’s DBIR, with 77% of cloud breaches involved breached credentials.”]

