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Sacked employees triple malicious data deletions

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Dissent

Marie Boran reports:

Recent findings from Irish online backup firm keepITsafe have revealed there is a correlation between the increase in unemployment as a result of the global recession and the tripling of malicious data attacks on companies.

Companies reported they experienced a threefold increase in the number of malicious data deletions as a result of inside attacks rather than external security threats.

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