NY Issues Data Breach Report

New York Attorney General, Eric. T. Schneiderman, stated in a recent press release that 9.2 million New Yorkers had their personal data compromised in 2017. Such data compromises were mainly due to large scale data hacks, such as the Equifax and Game Stop hacks. According to the NYAG office's report, 1,583 data breaches were reported to the NYAG in 2017. This was quadruple the number from 2016. While hacking was the most likely culprit the AG indicated, a large number of breaches resulted from negligence.

In the report, the NYAG's office laid out several steps it believes would help organizations protect sensitive personal information against unauthorized disclosures. These include conducting diligence about Understand collection, protection and dissemination of sensitive information, creating -and implementing- an information security plan that includes encryption, and acting immediately in the event of a breach.