--- title: Cybercriminals set sites on identities | daily.dev description: Cyberattacks increasingly target identities rather than systems, with passwords involved in 97% of tracked incidents. Business email compromise accounts for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cybercriminals-set-sites-on-identities-a2qy73bqe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cybercriminals set sites on identities | daily.dev og:description: Cyberattacks increasingly target identities rather than systems, with passwords involved in 97% of tracked incidents. Business email compromise accounts for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cybercriminals-set-sites-on-identities-a2qy73bqe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/A2qy73bQE.png og:image:alt: Cybercriminals set sites on identities og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cybercriminals set sites on identities **[CSO Online](https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cyberattacks increasingly target identities rather than systems, with passwords involved in 97% of tracked incidents. Business email compromise accounts for over 70% of attacks, often using phishing as initial entry. Ransomware-as-a-Service and access broker marketplaces have lowered barriers to entry, while groups like ShinyHunters actively recruit employees to purchase credentials. Industrial, construction, and logistics sectors face heightened risk from these identity-based attacks that can remain undetected for weeks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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