Two-thirds of organisations hit by data breach in last year

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Public sector and financial services the biggest culprits

Data breaches are rising in number More than two-thirds (70 per cent) of UK organisations have been hit by at least one data breach incident within the past year, up from 60 per cent in the previ...

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