This year's total number of data breaches reached 732, surpassing last year's total of 726 for the same time period. The most recent potential identity theft victims on the list were patrons of the restaurant chain Elephant Bar.
According to the San Diego-based Identity Theft Resource Center, a recent breach surge put the pace of 2015's cases ahead of those reported last year. The 2015 Breach List revealed more than 176 million records were exposed this year so far.
Nearly 300 breaches were reported in the business category alone and represented 40.3% of all incidents – a 22.5% increase from last year.
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Roy Urrico
Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).
