Root causes of malicious insider threats during cyber breaches worldwide 2012-2017
This statistic presents the most common of malicious insider threats leading to cyber breaches worldwide from 2012 to 2017. According to McKinsey & Company, it was found that whereas 38 percent of insider threat was due to malicious root causes, financial stress accounted for 15 percent of insider threats. Financial stress was categorized as malicious insider threat.
