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Re: [Dataloss] Data Breaches Up Almost 50 Percent, Affecting Records of 35.7 Million People

From: DAIL, WILLARD A (ADAILsunocoinc.com)
Date: Tue Jan 06 2009 - 10:19:25 CST

security curmudgeon wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: InfoSec News <alertsinfosecnews.org>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/05/AR2009
> 010503046.html
>
> By Brian Krebs
> Washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
> January 6, 2009
>
> Businesses, governments and educational institutions reported nearly
> 50
> percent more data breaches last year than in 2007, exposing the
personal
> records of at least 35.7 million Americans, according to a nonprofit
group
> that works to prevent identity fraud.
>
> Identity Theft Resource Center of San Diego is set to announce today
> that
> some 656 breaches were reported in 2008, up from 446 in the previous
year.
> Nearly 37 percent of the breaches occurred at businesses, while
schools
> accounted for roughly 20 percent of the reported incidents.
>

I can't help but wonder if the number of insider breaches is actually
increasing, or if the technology and business processes going into place
to prevent outside hackers (and driven by programs such as PCI) is
simply producing an increased rate of detection.

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