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72%
of Americans believe
their accounts are secure
with only a username and
password, yet the most
common passwords in America
are 123456 and 123456789.
54%ComScore’s 2015 U.S. Mobile App Report,
released last September, revealed that app
use accounts for 54 percent of the time
people spend with digital media.
Every
2 minutes
there is another victim
of identity fraud.
$16,000,000,000
Identity fraud was
responsible for
$16 billion
in losses in 2014.
American households
have received notification that
their information has been lost
in a data breach.
One of Five
63%of confirmed data breaches
involved leveraging weak,
default or stolen passwords
in 2015.
110MLast year, hackers exposed
the personal information of
110 million Americans —
roughly half of the nation’s adults.
21%In 2015, 21 percent of internet users
(18 years and older) had an online account
compromised, such as a social networking
account or an email account, and only
23 percent think their accounts are
very secure.
62%Sixty-two percent of Americans
fear that their smartphone or
computer will be hacked.
1,938,383
In 2015 some 1,938,383 data
records were stolen or lost every day,
80,766 every hour, 1,346 every minute
and 22 every second.
53
Theft of personal information
and identities
took center stage in 2015, accounting for
53 percent of all data breaches last year.
Personal:
It’s virtually impossible to manage our lives and responsibilities without relying
on the internet. It is the basic foundation of so much of what we do
– from shopping to monitoring health to turning in homework and keeping in touch
with friends and family, we are connected 24/7. Here are some startling statistics:
2016 NCSA Strong Authentication Research
Javelin Strategy:
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HIND%20OUR%20DIGITAL%20DOORS%20-%20ESET_NCSA%20Fast%20Facts.pdf
es/2014/08/thinkyou-know-how-to-protect-yourself-online-think-again/
Ibid.
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