[pchelpers] Article:Hackers grabbed 285 million records in 2008

JORDAN ROBERTSON 

The Associated Press

April 16, 2009 at 11:56 AM EDT


SAN FRANCISCO — Hackers made off with at least 285 million electronic
records in 2008, more than in the four previous years combined,
according to a new study that shows identity thieves are getting better
at exploiting careless mistakes that leave companies vulnerable to
attack.

The number comes from a study of 90 data breaches investigated by
Verizon Communications Inc., which is hired to do a post-mortem on most
big computer intrusions.

No victims are identified in the report. Many of the breaches aren't
even public. That can happen if law enforcement insists on secrecy
because of a criminal investigation, or if personally identifiable
information wasn't lost in the hack.

More here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090416.wgthackers0416/BNStory/Technology/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090416.wgthackers0416
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