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Data Breaches Increased by 47% in 2008
Posted on Jan 7, 2009 by Tom Fragala
According to the ITRC, reported data breaches increased by nearly half in 2008 compared to 2007. There were 656 reported in 2008 versus 446 in 2007.
Mal-attacks, hacking and insider theft, account for 29.6% of those breaches that reported the causal factor. Insider theft, now at 15.7%, has more than doubled between 2007 and 2008. On the other hand, data on the move and accidental exposure, both human error categories, showed noteworthy improvement, but still account for 35.2% of those breaches that indicate cause.
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