South Africa-based Nedbank has disclosed that personal information of 1.7 million customers was breached by an IT services provider. This comes at the same time a new report has uncovered a sharp increase in incidents involving companies handling sensitive data for business partners and other clients. The total number of such third-party breaches hit 368 in 2019, up from 328 in 2018 and 273 in 2017 — a 35% increase in two years.
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@Elad Shapira, Head of Research, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
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@Elad Shapira, Head of Research, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Studies have indicated that the number of third parties that organizations are doing business with is increasing...."
#infosec #cybersecurity #isdots
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