Data Breaches that Could Lead to Identity Theft by Sector

In the first half of 2007, the education sector accounted for 30% of all known data breaches that could lead to identity theft, more than any other sector. This is up from the previous period when education accounted for only 22% of the total and was the second ranked sector. In spite of the high number of data breaches that occurred in the education sector during the first six months of 2007, it only accounted for 1% of all identities exposed during the period. This is likely because most data breaches within the education sector were caused by theft or loss of computers or data-storage devices.

Source: Based on data provided by Attrition