UK data breaches up by 1,000 per cent in five years

Charlee Gothard
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'Startling' figures from Imation Corp reveal massive security breaches across all sectors

Data security breaches across private- and public-sector organisations in the UK have risen by an average of 1,000 per cent over the past five years, according to figures obtained from the Informat...

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