ID Breaches More Common Than Ever
Press release from the issuing company
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Records with private information such as drivers’ licenses, financial documents and medical forms, either in paper format or electronically, are put at risk more than ever before, and often these risks are not disclosed to the public.
The Identity Theft Resource Center says it tracked 341 individual breaches in the first six months of 2010, compared to 498 for all of last year. But it says dozens more breaches have been veiled from the public, delayed in publication or not disclosed at all.
A separate count by the Privacy Rights Foundation tallied 334 breaches so far this year, compared with 298 for all of last year.
