The “Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report” reveals that large-scale financial cybercrime and state-affiliated espionage dominated the security landscape in 2012. Taking the top spot for all breaches in the 2013 report is financially motived cybercrime (75 percent), with state-affiliated espionage campaigns claiming the No. 2 spot (20 percent).
Breaches in the No. 2 spot include cyberthreats aimed at stealing intellectual property, such as classified information, trade secrets, and technical resources, to further national and economic interests.
The 2013 DBIR found that the proportion of incidents involving what is known as hacktivists (those who act out of ideological motivations or even just for fun) held steady; but the amount of data stolen decreased, as many of these hackers shifted to other methods such as distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. These attacks, aimed at paralyzing or disrupting systems, also have significant costs because they impair business and operations.
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