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Cyberattacks: Retail, healthcare sectors among most targeted

Over the past decade, there has been a trending reduction in global median dwell time - defined as the duration between the start of a cyber intrusion and when it is identified, according to Mandiant.

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Organisations in the business and professional services, retail and hospitality, financial, healthcare and high technology were the top targets of cybercriminals in 2020, said a new report on Tuesday.

According to the "FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2021" report, organisations in the retail and hospitality industry were targeted more heavily in 2020 -- coming in as the second most targeted industry compared to 11th in last year's report.

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