An analysis conducted by the New York Attorney General’s (AG) office reveals a 60% increase in data breaches in New York in 2016. This resulted in 1.6 million personal records exposed, three times the amount exposed in 2015. Main causes of the 1,300 reported breaches included hacking (40%) and negligence (37%).
Around 81% of data exposed during the 2016 breaches involved Social Security numbers and financial information of victims, says the report, cautioning that all types of organizations are at risk.
