87 per cent of visual hacks were successful

Bracknell, UK, 21 June, 2016 – 3M, the science-based technology company, has revealed the results of a UK and worldwide experiment that demonstrates ’visual hacking’ is a significant risk .

In the UK, the rate of successful visual hacks – many of which were achieved by viewing people’s computer screens – was 87 per cent, compared to an average of 91 per cent worldwide. Alarmingly, the ‘white hat hacker’ was confronted in a global average of only 32 per cent of occasions.

The Global Visual Hacking Experiment is an expansion of the 2014 Visual Hacking Experiment conducted in the United States. The new 2016 study, completed by Ponemon Institute across eight countries and sponsored by 3M Company, found that sensitive information was successfully captured in 91 per cent of visual hacking experiments globally. 3M will be sharing further details of the experiment at the Future of Work conference being held by Management Today in London on 23 June www.3M.co.uk/privacyfilters