Statistics

Algorithms

The algorithms of big tech influence more than one billion people each day.

Identity Theft

In the US, the average email address is associated with 130 accounts (source: Digital Guardian). That’s the average email address, and many people are unaware of many of their accounts.

In 2018, Identity theft was the 3rd biggest cause of all categories of financial fraud in the USA, just below Imposter Scams and Debt and Loan Collection fraud.

There were 650,572 cases of identity theft in 2019.

Americans aged 30 to 39 reported the most cases of identity theft last year.

Data Breaches

Largest data breaches in history, updated September 2020:

  1. Cam4 - 10.9 billion records in 2020

  2. Yahoo - 3 billion accounts in 2017

  3. Aadhaar - 1.1 billion accounts in 2018

  4. First American Financial Corp. - 885 million accounts in 2019

  5. Verifications.io - 763 million users in 2019

  6. Linkedin - 700 million users in 2021

  7. Facebook - 540 million users in 2019

  8. Yahoo - 500 million accounts in 2014

  9. Marriott/Starwood - 500 million accounts in 2018

  10. Adult Friend Finder - 412.2 million accounts in 2016

  11. MySpace - 360 million accounts in 2013

  12. Exactis - 340 million accounts in 2018

  13. Twitter - 330 million accounts in 2018

  14. NetEase - 234 million accounts in 2014

  15. LinkedIn - 165 million

  16. Dubsmash - 162 million

  17. Adobe - 152 million

  18. MyFitnessPal - 150 million

  19. Equifax - 148 million

  20. eBay - 145 million

  21. Canva - 137 million

  22. Heartland Payment Systems - 134 million

  23. Apollo - 126 million

  24. Badoo - 112 million

  25. Capital One - 106 million

  26. Evite - 101 million

  27. Quora - 100 million

  28. VK - 93 million

  29. MyHeritage - 92 million

  30. Youku - 92 million

  31. Rambler - 91 million

  32. Facebook - 87 million

  33. Dailymotion - 85 million

  34. Anthem - 78.8 million

  35. Dropbox - 69 million

  36. tumblr - 66 million

  37. Uber - 57 million

  38. Home Depot - 56 million

Source: Upguard

Almost 165 million records containing personal data were exposed through data breaches in 2019.California leads in identity theft, followed by Texas, Florida, Georgia, and New York.

Credit Card Theft/Fraud

In 2018, $24.26 Billion was lost due to payment card fraud worldwide.

US credit-card fraud cases in 2018: 157,000

Worldwide credit-card fraud exceeded $30 billion in 2019.

Out of every $100 spent with a bank card, $6.97 was stolen.

Loneliness

Number of teen girls who have self harmed has doubled in 20 years.

Corporate Algorithms

YouTube has 1 billion views daily, 700 million of which come from their recommendation algorithm.

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