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Mitigations dont just reduce the average rate of automation, they also change how hackers behave.

Without mitigations, attacks were more prevalent against mobile endpoints, the researchers said.

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With mitigations, as the number of mobile attacks fell, the attacks against web endpoints became more nuanced.

Furthermore, hackers dont try as hard when there are no mitigations.

The percentage of advanced attacks rose from 20% to 23%.

The research also showed that organizations have very poor visibility into their credentials.

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