A new study publicized this week claims that almost half of all American adults about 110 million people have had their personal data hacked in the past year. The study claims that 47% of US adults have been hacked, with up to 432 million hacked accounts. But there are a few problems here, including an incomplete picture of the number of data breaches reported by news media and government sources. The ITRC’s data shows that 91,978,932 records were breached in 2013, and 8,533,800 have been confirmed lost in 2014.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/05/30/half-of-american-adults-hacked-in-the-past-year-really/