Survey: 7.5% report data breach - Sacramento Business Journal:

edibin.wordpress.com
percent of Americans lost money as a result of financialdata breaches, accordiny to a Gartner survey of 5,000 adults. In the survey, 14 percent and 7 percent of respondents hadtheie credit-card and debit-card data used, respectively; 6 percentg said a new account was openec under their name; 5 percent were the victims of money transfer fraud; and 4 percent had checks forged. The highestf average financial losses camefrom new-accounft fraud ($1,097), credit card fraud and brokerage fraud On the other hand, most victima were able to recover their receiving an average of 100 percenty for brokerage fraud, 86 percent for credit-card fraud and 77 percent for debit-carrd fraud.
Although only 6 percent of the 5,000 people surveyer said they changed banks last year due tosecurith concerns, that number jumped to 28 percentg after they became victims of The results come after high-profile data breaches at groups — such as and were discovered last year. They affected millionz of customers throughoutthe country. Data breachex rose 47 percent in 2008 and affected a total of 78financiall institutions, according to the Identity Theft Resourcer Center. Stamford, Conn.-based (NYSE: IT) is one of leading providerd of research and analysis on the global informatiotechnology industry.