More records than people

I mentioned this recently at a speaking engagement so here is the documentation as promised.

There have now been more records compromised than there are people living in the country.

According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States, projected to 06/10/10 at 13:52 UTC (EST+5) is

309,469,481

http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html

Scroll down to the bottom to get the current number of compromised records according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, today it is 355,868,866.

Chronology of Data Breaches

http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm#CP