The National Retail Federation wants the U.S. government to see that data breaches aren't a problem that only affects the retail industry.In an ad called "Hackers Don't Discriminate" running in Washington, D.C.-based political publications Politico, The Hill and Roll Call Jan. 3 through Jan. 6 in print, the NRF lays out that the most security breaches, at 37%, take place at financial institutions, citing statistics from a recent Verizon survey. Just 24% of breaches happen at retail and restaurant companies, according to the 2013 data-breach investigation by Verizon analyzing more than 47,000 security breaches and 621 confirmed data breaches.One of the problems is that during these more recent discussions, there has been a lot of pointing of fingers and a lot of that has been pointed toward the retail industry. It's important for us to point out consistently and frequently that we're not the only industry that's up against" data breaches, said Bill Thorne, senior VP-communications and public affairs at the NRF. "It's not a problem for retailers to solve alone."
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