35 Million Data Records Exposed in 2008 to Identity Theft

Identity Theft Secrets

Jan 4, 2009Business

Last year over 35,000,000 personal data records were exposed via 656 separate security breaches representing a 47% increase from 2007. According to a recently released study by the ITRC , the overwhelming majority of tho...

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