2018 saw a surge of reported security breaches partly due to the General Data Protection Regulation, which now requires companies to report them. The breaches demonstrate that no company is free from hacking.
Companies like Facebook suffered several breaches in 2018, with the worst having 50 billion users’ accounts compromised. Marriott, Quora, British Airways and Ticketmaster were among the companies with large amounts of hacked data. Reviews of these massive hacks forecast what is awaiting businesses in the coming year.
Cyberattacks are rising and will continue in 2019. Experts say that much more than credit card data will need protection and creative hacks will persevere.