United States Reported Less Data Breaches in 2020 but with much more Expensive Successful Hacker Attacks
According to the annual report of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), 1,108 cyber incidents were reported in 2020 and the number casualties from these incidents was close to 301 million people, a drop of 66% over the previous year.
The social engineering technique of impersonation also helped attackers reap massive profits:
The volume of business fraud and hacking by corporate e-mail systems (BECs) reported to the FBI in 2020 was US$ 1.8 Billion – a figure that reflects half of all cyber damage in monetary terms.
“The trend away from mass data breaches and toward more precise and sophisticated cyberattacks doesn’t mean businesses can relax. Just the opposite. They need to learn whole new ways of protecting their data.”
– James E. Lee, ITRC COO
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Vendor Email Compromise Is the Silent Killer of Trust
📩 The Next Cyberattack Will Come From a Trusted Email
💥 Vendor Email Compromise (VEC) is rising fast – and it’s more dangerous than BEC.
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AI Deepfakes Are the New Insider Threat – And They Don’t Need a Badge
🎙️ Your CEO’s Voice Might Already Be Cloned
🚨 Deepfakes aren’t sci-fi anymore – attackers are cloning executives using AI-generated voice and video.
🧠 Fake Zoom calls, urgent Slack requests, and video voicemails are being used to trigger wire transfers, access credentials, and even shift entire workflows.
🎯 The human layer is now the easiest one to breach – and the hardest to secure.
🧩 All it takes is 30 seconds of publicly available audio to generate a convincing impersonation.
💼 Most companies aren’t prepared. Only a fraction are training executives to pause, verify, and act with skepticism – even when the voice on the line sounds like their boss.
🔒 If your team assumes a familiar voice means safety, your organization is already exposed.
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