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Weak Sector Security

By Baselinemag | Posted 2008-02-06

See the data behind the substantial rise in identity theft and data breaches from 2007—a record year.

WEAK SECTOR SECURITY Nearly everyevery industry and governmental sector experienced a security breach of the 431 incidents recorded in 2007. The following is a breakdown of compromised records by industry.
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Sector	Incidents	Affected Records
Retail	24	95,171,110
Services	17	8,901,455
Financial	39	8,793,719
State government	58	5,948,395
Federal government/military	22	4,017,163
Local/county government	33	2,381,447
Health care	56	1,027,462
Technology/telecommunication	19	899,450
Higher education	84	680,715
Miscellaneous	54	344,051
Secondary education	25	85,527
Source: Identity Theft Resource Center