2016: The year of privacy?
Cyber-attacks are designed to obtain unauthorised access to an information system, often resulting in the unauthorised release of that information. Such action is a common example of a 'data breach'[1] by that 'victim' business. Data breaches are costly to Australian businesses, having resulted in $0.66m in losses in 2010 (measured against customer turnover, reputational losses and diminished goodwill).[2] This figure increased to $0.89m...