Your data has never been less secure.
The number of security breaches that exposed people’s sensitive information surpassed 1,300 in 2017, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, a San Diego-based nonprofit, up from only 200 in 2005. Major incidents like the Equifax EFX, -0.19% data breach in September or Yahoo VZN, +1.82% hack in 2013, which affected every one of its roughly 3 billion accounts, are only expected to increase as hackers become more sophisticated.
Meanwhile, our defenses are lacking. Some 25% of consumers have forgotten a username or password within the last six months,according to an April study from Experian.