It's been a busy week for security specialists.
First came word that supermarket chain Supervalu had been hacked. That was followed in short order by news of security breaches at a large American medical group, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the UPS Store.
As large-scale security breaches carried out by individual hackers and sponsored by nation-states turn into the new normal, cybersecurity experts are also alarmed that people may throw up their hands and stop caring as news of even more breaches get reported.
But while four breaches in a week may seem like a lot, let's also keep perspective. What's actually happening is more complicated than a simple spike in the number of reported breaches.
"I'm not sure that we're seeing more activity, or more attention on the activity," said Andy Serwin, a partner in the privacy and data protection practice at analyst firm Morrison and Foerster.
Indeed, companies are getting better at reporting security breaches, which also feeds into the perception that the increase in the number of breaches may even be larger than it really is.
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