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Almost 1.4 billion data records were compromised worldwide during 2016, a whopping increase of 86 per cent compared to the year before. The collective spill occurred across 1,792 data breaches last year, according to security firm Gemalto's latest Breach Level Index (BLI) report. Identity theft was the leading type of breach …

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  1. CustardGannet

    I note with some amusement, your distinction between "the likes of Yahoo!" and "more sensitive sites (...webmail etc)".

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  2. Mikel

    Figures

    This is the 1.4 billion records reported stolen, out of the much larger number found to be stolen, out of the much & much larger number actually stolen.

    So, pretty much all of them.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    there's a point at which...

    its just easier to remain exposed and accept you no longer exist as a unique identifiable individual but as someone who exists as multiple people around the world, all of whom with the ability to spend on your credit card and take out loans in your name.

    oh, and get you arrested.

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      Re: there's a point at which...

      So what next? Abandon the Internet and go back to the Sears catalog (which BTW, may not remain in existence much longer, either)?

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