The 358 million number was for personal data records, not people. How many different services, utilities, institutions, companies, organizations and websites does the average consumer sign up with ? Anywhere from 20-100, wouldn't you say ?
A single data record leak could be as simple as name and e-mail. Given the number of relationships that consumers have online, 350 million breaches could be on the order of only 1 out of 100 data records.
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The 358 million number was for personal data records, not people. How many different services, utilities, institutions, companies, organizations and websites does the average consumer sign up with ? Anywhere from 20-100, wouldn't you say ?
A single data record leak could be as simple as name and e-mail. Given the number of relationships that consumers have online, 350 million breaches could be on the order of only 1 out of 100 data records.