Theft of personal data more than triples this year ?
Theft of personal data more than triples this year - Via PogoWasRIght - Privacy News Headlines:
Thieves are systematically pilfering sensitive personal data from companies, government agencies, colleges and hospitals like never before.
More than 162 million records have been reported lost or stolen in 2007, triple the 49.7 million that went missing in 2006, according to USA TODAY's analysis of data losses reported over the past two years.
Source - USA Today
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