Even those major insurance carriers who protect against cyber-theft liabilities are not immune to their dangers.
On May 31, thieves broke into a Midwest regional office of American International Group and stole two laptops, a file server, music compact discs and a camera, according to company spokesperson Christian Murray.
The laptops and server contained personal information of 970,000 applicants for medical coverage.
"But it appears this is not what the thieves were after," Mr. Murray said, noting there have been no attempts to capitalize on the possession of the data.
The AIG experience is apparently not far off the mark, according to a survey conducted last year by ID Analytics Inc., a San Diego-based security firm.
The company conducted a study of four high-security profile breaches, which exposed the records of 500,000 persons. It found the rate of data misused was just under a tenth of a percent, or roughly 1-in- 1,020 individuals.
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