Two billion data records were stolen or lost in 2017 so far

Almost two billion data records were either lost or stolen in the first half of this year, according to a new report by Gemalto. The company found that 1.9 billion records were lost or stolen during the first half of 2017 -- more than in the whole of last year, and equivalent to 10,439,560 records per day -- or roughly 3,000 whilst you read these few sentences. There have been 918 reported data breaches in the first six months of this year, which is a jump from 815 that we had in the same period last year. Out of all those, 22 breaches have… [Continue Reading]