January 13, 2009

Data Breaches on the Rise in the US

A new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center found a 47 percent increase in data breaches in the United States over 2007. Noting 656 reported breaches at the end of 2008, the report identified the company, the category of breach and the number of records exposed. The Center concluded that most breached data was unprotected by either encryption or even passwords. According to the FTC, data breaches are the leading cause of identity theft.

Data breaches rose sharply in 2008, says study, Info World, January 7, 2009