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In what year did the last U.S. state (Alabama) pass a data-breach notification law, completing coverage across all 50 states?

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about 15 million

In 2012, about how many Americans had their identity stolen, according to an industry estimate?

Identity theft can take years to detect, since victims often don't know how their information was obtained.

Source: Wikipedia (Identity theft) (2012) en.wikipedia.org

about 4 times

A 2016 researcher estimated that plain data breaches (excluding phishing) outnumbered other types of security breaches by about how much?

Sasha Romanosky's research also estimated the typical breach cost a company only about $200,000, far less than the inflated $5 million average.

Source: Wikipedia (Data breach) (2016) en.wikipedia.org

$12,799

In 2008, an estimated 630,000 people under age 19 were identity theft victims, leaving them with average debt of about how much?

Children's identities are especially attractive to thieves because the fraud often goes undetected for years.

Source: Wikipedia (Identity theft) (2008) en.wikipedia.org

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