[SGVLUG] hmmm what % of data breaches are do to "hackers" ?

[matti]

interesting:

Breaches of personal data: blaming the myth and punishing the victim
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2007/03/breaches-of-data-blaming-the-myth.ars


 The report states that "60 percent of the incidents involve missing or stolen hardware, insider abuse or theft, administrative error, or accidentally exposing data online."

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Institutions, however, are not the target of much legislation related to privacy breaches. The USA Patriot Act reinforced long-term trends of targeting hackers with severe punishments; some unauthorized hacking offenses now carry more severe penalties than violent crimes. In contrast, those maintaining the databases have only recently been subject to notification laws, and remain largely unpunished for poor security.

 In fact, the notification laws largely shift the burden of action back to the victims of the crimes; those whose identities have been compromised...

thanks
matti