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2018-04-12 12:15
Gemalto released the latest findings of the Breach Level Index, revealing that 2.6 billion records were stolen, lost or exposed worldwide in 2017, an 88% increase from 2016. While data breach incidents decreased by 11%, 2017 was the first year publicly disclosed breaches surpassed more than two billion compromised data records since the Breach Level Index began tracking data breaches in 2013. Over the past five years, nearly 10 billion records have been lost, stolen … More → The post 2.6 billion records were stolen, lost or exposed worldwide in 2017 appeared first on Help Net Security.
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