On March 29, 2018, the New York attorney general released a report documenting the record number of data breach notices filed with the New York Attorney General's office in 2017. According to the report, companies and other entities reported 1,583 data breaches to the office in 2017 and reported exposing the personal information of 9.2 million New Yorkers. This was quadruple the number of New Yorkers reportedly affected in 2016.

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