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Data Security Breach Report by ITRC
Posted on Feb 7, 2008 by Tom Fragala
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has released its 2007 Breach Report. They also maintain an ongoing 2008 Breach Report.
In 2007, ITRC documented 448 paper and electronic breaches, potentially affecting more than 127 million records. This is a significant increase from 2006 which listed in excess of 315 publicized breaches affecting nearly 20 million individuals. In 2005 there were 158 incidents affecting more than 64.8 million people.
Based on ITRC’s categorization, the 2007 breaches break down as follows: 24.5% government/military agencies, 24.7% from educational institutions, 29.3% from general businesses, 14.5% from health care facilities / companies, and 7% from banking / credit / financial services entities.
Filed under: Data Breach, Identity Theft, Privacy
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