IBM: Retail Attacks Down, But When They Hit Cyberattackers Get More

IBM says there’s good and bad news when it comes to retail cyber attacks: While overall network assaults are down – by 50%, when they hit, cyber-attackers get a ton of data.
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According IBM, cyber attackers are becoming increasingly more sophisticated, using new techniques to obtain massive amounts of confidential records with increased efficiency. For example, since 2012 the number of breaches reported