25% of Americans Were Victims of Security Breaches in Past Year

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One in four consumers in the United States had personal identification lost or stolen due to a data breach in the past year, a new study suggests.

Twenty-five percent of Americans have received a notification by a business, online service provider or organization that personal information such as passwords or credit card numbers were subject to a data breach, according to the study conducted by National Cyber Security Alliance and security firm McAfee for National Cyber Security Awareness month.

The news comes as various companies from LinkedIn, eHarmony, Internet radio platform Last.fm and Dropbox have had data compromised in recent months.

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25% of Americans Were Victims of Security Breaches in Past Year