Last year, more than 500 million identity information leaked around the world nearly 10% people shot

Source: Internet
Author: User
Keywords Information disclosure information security
The world's leading information security manufacturer Symantec recently released the 19th issue of the Internet Security Threat report that 2013 was the year of large-scale data leakage, the world has more than 552 million identity information was leaked, the number of leaked data is 4 times times in 2012. Symantec China Security Product director Bu Xian, from 2012 to 2013, the global large-scale data leakage incident from 1 to 8, each leaked identity information more than tens of millions. This may just be the tip of the iceberg, the number and size of the actual leaked data should be larger than this. Bu Xian said. Biao, an information security expert and deputy Director of the Department of Information Technology at the Institute of International Relations, said that such a huge data leak meant that hackers not only knew their email addresses, but could also know their home addresses, phone numbers, ID numbers, even credit card numbers and bank accounts, and that the risks to individual citizens would increase
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