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Venafi Media Alert: A Look at Cyber War in 2018Last year was a banner year for cyber crime; more data was stolen in the first six months of 2017 than in the entirety of 2016. Gemalto's (News - Alert) Breach Level Index found that over 900 data breaches occurred during the first half of 2017, compromising 1.9 billion records. According to Jing Xie, senior threat intelligence analyst for cyber security market leader Venafi, this explosive development in data exfiltration will continue in 2018. In an even more ominous trend, the number of sophisticated state sponsored cyber attacks increased significantly last year. "In 2017, attackers working for nation-states focused on efficiency and return on investment, and they were very successful," said Xie. "As a result, we should expect to see escalations and variations of similar attack vectors this year." Xie examined the condition of nation-state sponsored cyber warfare and offered these predictions and insights for 2018:
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