Between January 1st and June 27th, the total number of US data breaches recorded by the ITRC is 342, more than 69% greater than the same time period in 2007.
(ITRC, The Identity Theft Resource Center, July 2008)
More than one in four French punters put their birthday into social networking profiles while also using their dates of birth in online passwords. Less than one in 10 of those surveyed in either the UK or Canada do the same.
