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September 26, 2006

U.S. Data Breach Tally Approaches 100 Million: USB flash drive loss setting trend

Filed under: News, Data Theft — admin @ 3:50 pm

TechWorld news discusses, alarming numbers released yesterday by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) stating that over 93 million data records of U.S. residents have been exposed due to security breaches since February 2005.

“The latest trend to show up is the loss of memory sticks,” Beth Givens Director of the PRC said, referring to portable USB Latest News about USB drives that are often used to transport data among various computers. “I don’t think it’s anything new that they are being lost or stolen. But they are now being reported, at least, and affected individuals are being notified.”

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