Russia again ranks second in the world for online personal data leaks

This year the volume of stolen personal data has doubled worldwide, according to InfoWatch. Experts estimate that in the first half of 2016 the number of confidential information leaks increased by 16% as compared to the same period last year. More than one billion personal data records were compromised during the first 6 months of 2016, while the number of leaks was 840.
 
The US remains the leader in the number of leaks: 451 cases of personal data leak were registered there in January-June 2016, which makes 54% of the total volume of personal data thefts.
 
Russia took second place the number of confidential information leaks and it remains in this place for more than three years in a row. 110 leaks of confidential information were registered in Russia this year.  
 
It is followed by the UK, where 39 leaks were registered.
 
InfoWatch study says that two-thirds of the leakage occurred through the fault of insiders and that external attacks are responsible for a third of all the leaks. 

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