Data leaks on the increase, says Belgium’s Data Protection Authority
The number of data leaks reported to Belgium’s Data Protection Authority, APD, increased significantly last year. “Over the past twelve months, reported cases of breached data have gone up to 1,529,” the newspaper cites APD spokesperson Aurélie Waeterlinckx as saying. “The year before, there were 1,232.”
“The increase in the number of reported cases is linked to the accelerated digitization of our society during the pandemic,” the APD spokesperson explained. This digitization comes with more personal-data and privacy risks,” she added. “People work more often at home, which makes a secure connection to the company network necessary. Increased digitization also leads to increased digital crime, such as phishing, ransomwares and piracy.”
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