Data security incidents in Q3 exposed the personal data of over 66 million individuals, the Identity Theft Resource Center says

The number of data security incidents publicly reported by the end of September
in the US this year has already surpassed the annual record of data events by
14%, according to the ITRC’s latest data breach report
[https://www.idtheftcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20231011_Q3-2023-Data-Breach-Analysis.pdf]
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Over 34% of the data compromise incidents (733 breaches) so far this year were
reported in the third quarter, with over 66.6 million victims.

“For the nine months ending September 30