In a CNNMoney commissioned study Ponemon Institute researchers found:;-

  • 110 million Americans — roughly half of the nation’s adults — in the last 12 months alone.
  • 432 million accounts were hacked accounts

It’s becoming more acute,” said Ponemon Institute head Larry Ponemon. “If you’re not a data breach victim, you’re not paying attention

The CNNMoney article points to recent examples of large hack attacks:-

  • 70 million Target customers’ personal information, plus 40 million credit and debit cards
  • 33 million Adobe user credentials, plus 3.2 million stolen credit and debit cards
  • 4.6 million Snapchat users’ account data 3 million payment cards used at Michaels
  • 1.1 million cards from Neiman Marcus “A significant number” of AOL’s
  • 120 million account holders
  • Potentially all of eBay’s 148 million customers’ credentials 

Full article here.