Identities of 110 cr people exposed via data breach in 2016

The personal identities of 110 crore people across the world were exposed via various data breaches in 2016 against 56.3 crore identities leaked a year ago, a study by internet security firm Symantec has found. While the US experienced the most number of data breaches, India witnessed the 5th most number of breaches. Maximum breaches took place through malware-containing emails.