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New GAO Report on Data Breaches and ID Theft


From: Chris Walsh <cwalsh () cwalsh org>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 12:42:11 -0500


The Government Accountability Office today released our report on data breaches,
identity theft, and breach notification, entitled "Personal Information: Data
Breaches Are Frequent, but Evidence of Resulting Identity Theft Is Limited;
However, the Full Extent Is Unknown."

The report can be accessed at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07737.pdf.


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