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Mass. Office of Consumer Affairs: Data breaches since 2007 have affected 3.1m

By Chris Reidy

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 23, 2012

The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs said Monday that it has been notified of data breaches affecting nearly 3.12 million people since late 2007 and Sept. 30 of last year. The vast majority of those breaches involved the loss of electronic information, such as Social Security or credit card numbers, and one reason why such information was so vulnerable was that it was often not properly encrypted, the office said.

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