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2008 Could Be Record Year for Breaches

Tim Wilson writes on Dark Reading:

If the first quarter was any indication, 2008 could be a record-setting year for security breaches, according to a new study.

In its first-quarter report, the Identity Theft Resource Center said it has already recorded 167 compromises, more than twice as many as the first quarter of 2007.

In fact, the 2008 total represents more than a third of all the breaches reported last year, suggesting that the U.S. is on a record pace.

So far, only 8 million Americans' data has been potentially compromised, compared with 54 million last year.

posted by Fergie @ 4/18/2008 07:00:00 PM