From: Adam Shostack (adamhomeport.org)
Date: Sun Jan 11 2009 - 16:40:27 CST

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I don't need to guess. 6 in 7.

http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/05/does_the_uk_need_a_breach.html

Ok, that is a very small sample size. Others with interesting data
sets have reported very different numbers in private correspondance.

Adam

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 02:42:01PM -0500, Michael Hill, CITRMS wrote:
| 656 security breaches reported last year. Anyone want to guess how many
| went unreported?
|
| Another 656?
| 3 times more?
| 10 times more?
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| Michael Hill, MCSD
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| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Henry Brown" <hbrownknology.net>
| To: <datalossdatalossdb.org>
| Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:36 AM
| Subject: [Dataloss] Data Breach report
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| >A news story with a "government" slant
| >
| > http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090107_5089.php
| >
| >
| > Governments accounted for 1 out of 5 breaches that exposed private data
| >
| >
| > The number of security breaches that exposed personal identifiable
| > information in government systems in 2008 was far below what the private
| > sector reported, according to a series of reports released by a consumer
| > protection organization on Tuesday.
| >
| > Of the 656 security breaches reported last year, 16.8 percent occurred
| > in systems operated by state, local and federal governments, including
| > military networks, according to a compilation of reports released by the
| > Identity Theft Resource Center.
| > http://www.idtheftcenter.org/BreachPDF/ITRC_Breach_Stats_Report_2008_final.pdf
| >
| > The number of breaches reported in 2008 increased 47 percent compared
| > with 2007. But the percentage of incidents the government reported
| > decreased in 2008, dropping from 24.5 percent of the total breaches
| > reported.
| >
| > Companies in the financial and credit market accounted for 11.9 percent
| > of the breaches while organizations in the health care sector were
| > responsible for 14.8 percent. Businesses in general accounted for 36.6
| > percent of infiltrations, or 240 incidents, and educational institutions
| > accounted for 20 percent.
| >
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