2022 has not been the best year precisely for cybersecurity. One of the key elements for the user experience on the network is security. Government agencies around the world have emphasized this and are doing their best to stop the misuse of personal data and the transfer of personal data. Companies like Apple have based much of their personality on prioritizing that security over other features. And yet, despite all the technological efforts, last year millions of people were affected by massive data theft. More than 400 million people affected in a single year From Twitter to WhatsApp, passing through Meta and many other social networks or Internet applications, many users have been affected by this massive data theft. The latest report published by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reveals some hopeful statistics, such as the decrease in so-called “data breaches”. They have decreased, yes, but they are still a huge number with hundreds of millions of thefts that have occurred through the network. If we look at the ITRC report, the chain of increases that had been progressing unchecked for six consecutive years has exploded. As we have indicated in the previous paragraph, data thefts have decreased considerably. In fact, the study shows that the decrease reaches up to 42%. But, despite this encouraging data, there was a total of 422 million users who were victims of online data leaks. A not inconsiderable figure that indicates that, despite doing things well, we still have a long way to go. The lack of transparency continues to affect the sector To make matters worse, the ITRC study does not take into account many of the technology companies that are not transparent with the public and have not revealed to the media the true violation of their databases. In other words, the report has been drawn up with data that can be obtained in full, and of the total report, only 34% of the companies have detailed the cyberattacks they have received and that have ended with the leaking of personal data online. Therefore, the data should be much higher. And transparency could be key in the future to end hackers. >
