Topic > The Importance of Cybercrime on the Internet - 800

During my time in the military, I was also the victim of a security breach by the government. I remember receiving a letter in the mail from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) saying in a nutshell that it had been hacked. In the end nothing was discovered, at least nothing of mine was different or stolen, so I thought everything was fine, however that mentality is a dangerous way of thinking. In 2015, there were 505 data breaches targeting the government, as well as businesses and institutions. Tom Risen “The Illusion of Privacy Online.” August 25, 2015, http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/08/25/the-illusion-of-online-privacy. Accessed October 1, 2016. This number seems small when compared to the 30 million individuals affected by the Ashley Madison breach, but the number of people within these 505 cases adds up to a large number as