Retail and tech firms are hackers' most wanted targets – here's what you can do about it

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Hackers target companies in the retail and technology sectors the most, especially small or medium firms based in the US.

These are the main findings from new research conducted by the company behind TechRadar's best VPN provider, NordVPN. The team at NordStellar (the provider's threat exposure management platform) and NordPass (its password manager service) have investigated almost 2,000 data breach incidents worldwide over the past two years to understand how cybercriminals choose their victims.