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Laptops are main source of data breaches
Posted on Sep 26, 2006 by Tom Fragala
Research into the source of data breaches has found that "…lost or stolen laptops were the main source of data breaches, rather than good old-fashioned hacking." Another data point that’s perhaps surprising: Datafrom New York state suggests that financial institutions have reported more data breaches than universities. “Nearly half of the 64 data breach incidents reported in the state between March and May of this year were by financial institutions and insurance companies--not educational institutions.” See the entire article from Dark Reading.
Filed under: Data Breach, Identity Theft, Privacy
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