Data Breach Notices Show Tip of the Iceberg

d2d writes "The Data Loss Database has released a new feature: The Primary Sources Archive, a collection of breach notification letters gathered from various state governments as a result of data breach notification legislation. The documents include breaches that were largely unreported in the media, many of which are significant incidents of data loss. This lends credence to the iceberg theory of data-loss reporting, where many incidents never break the surface. Now, thanks to the Open Security Foundation, we can 'dive' for them."

Comments

Easy fix.

[girlintraining]

We just need to somehow convince people that data is like a young blonde, attractive, girl. I'll even give you a sample police report:

Yesterday evening at 5:04pm, a young and attractive blonde female database was pushed into a UDP connection, which fled the scene shortly after...

Re:Easy fix.

[maxume]

The first step is to steal it.

The next step is to say nice things to it.

Re:Some highlights

[tubapro12]

I've been awake for over 40 hours now, but did anyone else think of data loss caused by icebergs when they read the title?

Problems

[gmuslera]

Despair saw it coming first

Re:Tip of the iceberg indeed!

[wmbetts]

You should do what I do to protect myself. It's really simple. First get as many credit cards as you can. If you're feeling lucky get a mortgage too. Then default on ALL of them. I know it seems a little drastic, but hey at least an identity thief can't ruin your credit.