The biggest cyber attacks of 2022

The cost of data breaches has reached an all-time high, averaging $4.5 million, according to IBM. Breaches increased by approximately $1 million when remote working was involved, with the healthcare industry experiencing the highest average recovery costs. The most common attack methods were credential theft, phishing, misconfigured cloud, and vulnerabilities in third-party software. Major breaches in 2022 included attacks on the Ukrainian infrastructure, Costa Rica’s financial operations, and several high-profile companies by hacking group Lapsus$.