The Year Of The Mega Data Breach

Quotes

1. “ These small breaches aren't as interesting as they used to be. They're considered commonplace. ”

   By Larry Ponemon

2. “ We shouldn't take false comfort in the idea that companies are doing a better job of this. ”

   By Larry Ponemon

Entities Mentioned

• Heartland Payment Systems
• Itrc
• Ponemon Institute
• Albert Gonzalez
• Linda Foley
• Larry Ponemon
• USB
• Russian
• Nara
• DLP

1. ...the decrease in data breaches is deceptive. In fact, the number of personal records that were exposed--data like Social Security numbers, medical records and credit card information tied to an individual--that hackers exposed has skyrocketed to 220 million records so far this year, compared with 35 million in 2008. That represents the largest collection of lost data on record. (Read Full Article)

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