100 Million Victims of Data Theft

jcatcw writes "With the latest significant data breach — theft of a Boeing laptop with unencrypted personal information on 382,000 employees — the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse estimates that the total number of data breach victims has passed 100 million since they started tracking in February 2005. The director, Beth Givens, admits 'the number 100 million is largely a fictional number,' but it surely errs on the low side. Since California is still the only state with disclosure laws, incidents are difficult to analyze fully. However, Congress this week passed a bill requiring that the Department of Veterans Affairs report breaches."

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Re:kill me, Slashdot, for I haven't the nerve myse

[Broken scope]

Ahh what the hell.



Well dumbfuck, congratulations. You wasted your god damn life. You ate the fast food. You fucked up. Take your sob story and shove it. Plenty of people have gone through worse shit than you and succeeded. Do yourself a favor. Buy food at the grocery store. Cook food yourself.

You have no excuse for dropping out of college except your own god damn laziness. You want a solution, go stand in front of that mirror again. Look into your eyes, and ask yourself this "Why did I do this to myself?". Then do something about it. Don't expect us to do something for you.