22.8 million New Yorkers' personal records exposed
MICHAEL VIRTANEN
Associated Press
ALBANY — Nearly 23 million private records of New Yorkers have been exposed in data security breaches reported by more than 3,000 businesses, nonprofits and governments over the past eight years, New York’s attorney general reported.
Deliberate hacking was responsible for 40 percent of the 5,000 incidents, which exposed a majority of the records, followed by lost or stolen equipment, insider wrongdoing and inadvertent errors, according to the report released on Tuesday.
“As we increasingly share our personal information with stores, restaurants, health care providers and other organizations, we should be able to enjoy the benefits of new technology without putting ourselves at risk,” Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said. He urged collaboration between industry and security experts so businesses and organizations have the tools to secure data and address the growing, complex problem.
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