Worldwide data leak losses up 25% in 2013 to $25 billion - survey
MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Corporate data leak losses grew by 25% in 2013 to $25 billion, according to the survey done by Russia's Zecurion data protection systems developer.
A total of 804 data leaks were reported by the world media last year, as against 825 in 2012. "The real number of incidents, which happen in concrete countries and the world as a whole is orders of magnitude higher, but most of them are never disclosed or even not made known to the data owners themselves," the report said.
The areas of data leaks changed in 2013, Zecurion reported. Most data leaks happened in healthcare, administrative structures and educational institutions in 2012. Retail trade, healthcare and authorities topped the list in 2013.
Six percent of the data leaks (48 incidents) occurred in Russia last year. The indicator stood at 4.4% in 2012.
An average data loss leak amounted to $32 million. The losses of Russian companies were a bit smaller. The biggest losses sustained by Russia in a data leak incident exceeded 4 billion rubles.
Zecurion mentioned as most high profile cases the theft of the Zurich insurance company's client database, the leak of correspondence between Mobile TeleSystems staff and content providers, and the unsuccessful disposal of confidential paper documents of Sberbank of Russia in an ordinary waste bin.
