1 in 6 Massachusetts residents have had their credit card numbers, medical records, or other personal information leaked or stolen over the past two years, according to records provided to the Boston Globe. That is at least 1 million people living in Massachusetts who have had their personal information breached.
This included data on customers of [...]
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Data Breaches Affect 1 in 6 Massachusetts Residents
Top 10 Data Breaches in 2009 Expose 220 Million Records
According to Identity Theft Resource Center, government agencies and businesses reported 435 breaches as of November 17th. More than 220 million records were exposed so far in 2009. Here are the ten biggest data breaches by volume, according to the ITRC’s numbers:
Heartland Payment Systems - Records exposed: 130 million
National Archive and Records Agency - Records exposed: 76 [...]
More Data Breaches In 2008 Then Previous 4 Years Combined
A new study released by Verizon indicates that last year featured more electronic security breaches than the previous four years combined, with the financial sector becoming an increasingly popular target for intruders.
93 percent of the breaches were from financial firms, and the number of reported incidents related to financial organizations is expected to rise. For [...]
Data Breaches Up 47% from Previous Year
Reports of data breaches increased dramatically in 2008. The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2008 breach report reached 656 reported breaches at the end of 2008, reflecting an increase of 47% over last year’s total of 446.
Here is a breakdown of 656 reported data breaches in 2008 that the ITRC monitors:
Business: 240 breaches (36.6% of total)
Educational: 131 [...]
Hackers aren’t to blame for most corporate data breaches, rather the employees.
Spam (and the malware it contains) may be a tremendous concern to most IT companies, but information from a Trend Micro survey suggests that it has become more of a managed concern, and is being superseded as a top priority threat by another issue: data leaks. While they may or may not be intentional, data [...]
2008 Data Breaches Affect 30 Million People
The Identity Theft Resource Center has been tracking data breaches for the last three years. A recent report has revealed that between January 1, 2008 and September 30, 2008, 516 breaches have been reported. The number of individuals records exposed as a result of these breaches is reported to be 30,382,786.These breaches include the exposure [...]
