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'07 DATA BREACHES SET RECORD WITH TJX THEFTS.(Business)
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The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
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December 31, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 The Cincinnati Post. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Associated Press
BOSTON -- The loss or theft of such personal data as credit card and Social Security numbers soared to unprecedented levels in 2007.
While companies, government agencies, schools and other institutions are spending more to protect ever-increasing volumes of data with more sophisticated firewalls and encryption, the investment often is too little too late.
"More of them are experiencing data breaches, and they're responding to them in a reactive way, rather than proactively looking at the company's security," said Linda Foley, who founded the San Diego-based Identity Theft Resource Center after becoming an identity theft victim herself.
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