New Study Reveals 64% of Third-Party Apps Access Sensitive Data Without Business Justification by 2026
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A study covering 4,700 major websites reveals that 64% of third-party applications will access sensitive data without business justification by 2026, up from 51% in 2024. The government sector has seen a rise in malicious activities, increasing from 2% to 12.9%, while one in seven educational sites shows active compromise. The main tools involved are Google Tag Manager (responsible for 8% of violations), Shopify (5%), and Facebook Pixel (4%). The analysis does not specify the detection methodology or the types of data involved. Source: The Hacker News.