Number of Compromised Victims “Excessively High” and Lack of Transparency Hampers Identity Theft Protection, Says ITRC 2021 Data Breach Report

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) published its annual data breach report indicating that the number of data compromises increased by 68% in 2021 compared to 2020.

The report recorded 1,862 data compromises were recorded in 2021, compared to 1,108 in 2020. The…