AI powers a 12% YoY increase in data breach costs: IBM
We spoke with IBM X-Force’s global head of adversary simulation Patrick Fussell.

We spoke with IBM X-Force’s global head of adversary simulation Patrick Fussell.
We speak to the ITRC president for comment on the “no comment crisis.”
Including one high-profile attack that led to a $22 million ransom.
The online breach resource has logged 845 breaches and more than 14.4 billion “pwned” accounts since its inception in 2013.
“For me, it was sort of a way of scratching an itch that was a bit of fun and it was a hobby project that kind of got out of control,” Have I Been Pwned Founder Troy Hunt tells IT Brew.
Leak exposes over 100 million records.
Around 2.3 million records were exposed, researcher Jeremiah Fowler said.
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