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Tell HN: About every week I get a new letter for a data breach

2 points by ohiovr ↗ HN
I got one from Plex today. Usually I get them by mail. I got a letter a week before and a week before that. So it seems the frequency is increasing.

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fvold
I don't think the breach frequency is increasing per service we use, just that we're using a lot more services now, and they're better at detecting and communicating when they've had breaches.

So yes, the absolute number of breaches are going up, just like the absolute number of car crashes are a lot higher now than they were in the 1800s.

ohiovr
Could be. Many of these notices came from services that I knew were old accounts or had forgotten about entirely.