Nextgov reports on an Identity Theft Resource Center study that showed 15.7 percent of the 662 data breaches reported last year involved military and government agencies. This represents an increase from 90 incidents the year before, yet the 104 breaches resulted in fewer exposed records. More than 79 million records were exposed in 2009, and in 2010, that number decreased to 1.2 million. According to the report, the actual number of data breaches may be greater because of a lack of a centralized reporting system and no mandatory reporting requirement.
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