Data breaches have become a fact of modern life. How concerned should Americans be?

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with MIT professor Stuart Madnick about the frequency of data breaches, and what people should do if their personal information is compromised in one.

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If you’ve recently received a letter saying your data has been compromised in a breach, well, you are not alone. So far, for the first half of 2024, we are on track for more data breaches than last year. And last year experienced a 72% jump over the previous year. And we’re talking about really sensitive personal information. The background check company National Public Data just confirmed

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