Over 421 million people got their data stolen in 2022, and many companies won’t disclose why

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Over 421 million people got their data stolen in 2022, and many companies won’t disclose why
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The latest annual report from the ITRC shows an alarming growth in the number of successful identity theft instances.

2022 has come and gone, but there’s still a ton of data from it to review. For example, the. The good news is that the overall number of data breaches has decreased. However significantly more users’ data has been stolen in those fewer instances.

The report takes a moment to note the lack of details in numerous reports from certain companies, without pointing fingers in specific directions. And when we say “numerous”, we mean “most of them”, as the largest category from the report is “Not Specified”, followed by Phishing and Ransomware. Only 34% of the reported attacks were properly described.The CEO of the ITRC, Eva Velasquez, labeled this growing concern as a “scamdemic”.

 

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