NEW YORK: Money trumped spying as the top motivator for data breaches last year, according to Verizon's annual report on cyber crimes published on May 19.
About nine out of 10 breaches were financially motivated, based on an examination of more than 32,000 incidents and nearly 4,000 confirmed break-ins in 81 countries, the report said.
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