Question

From January 2005 through July 2012, over ____ electronic data records in the United States were breached, exposing to attackers a range of personal electronic data, such as address, Social Security numbers, health records, and credit card numbers.

Answer 1

Answer:

562 million

Explanation:

From January 2005 through July 2012, over 562 million electronic data records in the United States were breached, exposing to attackers a range of personal electronic data, such as address, Social Security numbers, health records, and credit card numbers.

Today, many attack tools are freely available and can initiate new attacks without any human participation, thus increasing the speed at which systems are attacked.