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Data breaches: Surprisingly, smaller ones can be the most harmful

The breaches causing the most harm to victims are taking place at smaller, lesser-known enterprises.

By Natasha Chilingerian | July 30, 2021 at 02:16 PM

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When it comes to data breaches, one might assume that the bigger the attack, the worse the damage. But it turns out the opposite may be true, according to identity security firm Sontiq’s 2021 Mid-Year 2021 Cybercrime Report.

Based on an analysis of data breaches using its BreachIQ product, which looks at the types of data exposed in a breach and assigns it a risk-level score of one to 10, Sontiq said the nine highest-risk breaches of 2021 so far have targeted small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

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