The number of U.S. data breaches in 2018 decreased from last year’s all-time high of 1,632 breaches by 23 percent, according to a report from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) and CyberScout.
However, the 2018 End-of-Year Data Breach Report also revealed the number of consumer records exposed containing sensitive personally identifiable information more than doubled.
Read on for more details from the report.