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Symantec Corporation
Internet Security Threat Report 2013 :: Volume 18
ThREAT ACTIVITy TRENDS
Data and Commentary for Data Breaches that Could Lead to Identity Theft by Cause
Figure A.27. Data Breaches that Could Lead to Identity Theft by Number of Breaches
Source: Based on data provided by Norton Cyber Crime Index
Accidentally
Made Public
23%
Hackers
40%
Theft or Loss
of Computer
or Drive
23%
8% Insider Theft
6% Unknown
0.6% Fraud
Figure A.27. Data Breaches that Could Lead to Identity Theft by Number of Identitites Exposed
Source: Based on data provided by Norton Cyber Crime Index
Hackers
79%
Theft or Loss
of Computer
or Drive
23%
3% Accidentally Made Public
1% Unknown
0.3% Insider Theft
Hackers were the top cause
for data breaches: The most
frequent cause of data breaches
(across all sectors) that could
facilitate identity theft in 2012
was hacking attempts, which
accounted for 40 percent of
breaches that could lead to
identities being exposed and
this equated to approximately
18.5 million identities exposed
in total.