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Cybersecurity risks in retail and service industries
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The digital transformation of the service and retail sectors has increased vulnerability to cyberattacks due to the high volume of sensitive customer and employee data processed through e-commerce, mobile apps, and loyalty programs. In Canada, the restaurant industry faces significant financial risks from data breaches, risks. By 2025, Canadian companies paid an average of $6.98 million per breach, with phishing-related incidents averaging $7.91 million. While attack volumes for small and medium-sized organizations showed a downward trend between 2022 and 2026, large organizations seeing experienced a sharp increase in incidents. Phishing remains a costly threat, and the The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has emphasized emphasizes the need to integrate necessity of integrating security into business processes. On a broader scale, processes to protect data such as credit card numbers and loyalty program details. Globally, research indicates that 87% of retail companies have experienced cyber incidents within a 12-month period. Common threats include phishing, phishing (21%), cyber espionage, espionage (19%), and web application exploits. As the industry adopts more artificial intelligence, exploits (18%). Attackers increasingly use social engineering tactics, including deepfakes (13%), invoice fraud (13%), and vishing (8%), often to steal client or employee personal data. Recent developments show that attackers are increasingly employing sophisticated methods such as AI-generated deepfake scams utilizing AI to facilitate fraud rapidly identify vulnerabilities within customer-facing applications and data theft. APIs. Security gaps are frequently created when marketing or business departments deploy digital services through third-party contractors without full oversight from central IT departments. Such vulnerabilities have led to significant leaks, including the exposure of approximately 2.15 million Lawson ID records.
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