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In 5-year period,162 security breaches impacted 7.6 million consumers in SC

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Dissent

Matthew Stevens reports:

The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs has released its Security Breach Report from January 2011 through December of 2015.

Over that span, the agency acknowledge 162 breaches that impacted more than 7.6 million consumers in SC.

The report found that the most breaches, 39, were related to the retail and food industry.

Read more on WACH.com, where you’ll also find the report.

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1 thought on “In 5-year period,162 security breaches impacted 7.6 million consumers in SC”

  1. Adam says:
    July 7, 2016 at 10:59 am

    The population of South Carolina is 4.8m, so that’s roughly 1.6 breaches per person. Certainly enough to drive massive breach fatigue!

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