The dark web is proving to be a serious menace for organizations and the threats keep on piling up with the huge amount of data dumped on it on a regular basis.
What’s going on?
Between January and October 2020, over 22 billion records were spotted exposed online across the globe. Before the pandemic struck the world, 60% of the information on the dark web was already capable of destroying businesses. Now, the numbers are rising owing to the record number of breaches in 2020, and the activity in the dark web has climbed by 300% in the last three years, making both the buying and selling markets bigger than ever before.
Incidents you need to know about
The Leon Medical Centers in Miami and Nocona General Hospital in Texas were hit by ransomware attacks, in which the hackers stole and compromised thousands of medical records. The documents were then uploaded on the dark web for attackers to extort victims.
Over 16,000 card details, addresses, and private messages of customers of Foxtons Group were allegedly found on the dark web. Although a small number of data was uploaded, the number of affected customers is unknown.
Dark dynamics
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