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Verizon Data Breach Report: Web Application Attacks Skyrocket, Espionage Dips

Published: May 20, 2020, 12:55 p.m.

b'Verizon\'s 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), released Tuesday, analyzed 32,002 security incidents and 3,950 data breaches across 16 industry verticals. While cyber-espionage attacks\\xa0and malware decreased, other trends, such as security "errors" (like misconfigurations, etc.), denial of service (DoS) attack and web application attacks saw startling growth.'