"We've been hacked."
More than one company — in fact, more than one government — awoke to the reality of this unsettling statement in 2015. Reports about hacks into accounts at eBay, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and the Central Intelligence Agency may have been among the most publicized incidents, but weren't the only serious breaches recorded. If time has proven anything, it's that cyber-related exposures are not diminishing, nor are they being stopped by security measures.
All indications are that data breaches and other cyber-related exposures are on the rise, and the situation may become worse before it gets better. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there have been more than 620 data breaches in the United States in 2015, resulting in 176 million records being exposed (as recorded through October).
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