Compromises in 2008
Total compromises in 2008 were over 134 million, about the same as of 2007. For large breaches affecting over 10,000 per incident financial breaches (those exposing charge card or bank account information) were fewer in number than non-financial (those exposing social security numbers, names, email addresses, telephone numbers, medical information or other personal data) breaches.
The majority of 93 million non-financial compromises was the single compromise of 80 million Facebook accounts on 7/28/2008.
| 10,000+ per breach | Total Affected | Financial | Non-Financial |
| Affected Count | 134,147,243 | 41,093,584 | 93,053,659 |
| Incident Count | 94 | 17 | 77 |
| % by # affected | 30.63% | 69.37% | |
| % by incidents | 18.09% | 81.91% |
| Under 10,000 per breach | Total Affected |
| Affected Count | 381,257 |
| Incident Count | 177 |
| Unknown Number affected | |
| Incident Count | 86 |
