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2007: A Year of Record Data Breaches
By Baselinemag
2008-02-06

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  1. 2007: A Year of Record Data Breaches
  2. Chief Cause of Data Breaches
  3. List Toppers of Data Breaches 1
  4. List Toppers of Data Breaches 2
  5. List Toppers of Data Breaches 3
  6. Weak Sector Security

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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.
credit
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




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