A study by a nonprofit group that works to prevent fraud takes note of a news report that insurers and other businesses, governments and universities disclosed a 69 percent increase in data breaches in the first half of 2008 compared with a similar period in 2007.
The Identity Theft Resource Center in San Diego tracked 342 data-breach reports from Jan. 1 to June 27, said a Washington Post story. More than one-third of the reports came from businesses, a 27 percent increase over total breaches in 2007.
The center found that data breaches among health care providers and banks also increased. They now account for 15 percent and 10 percent of the breaches, respectively.
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