{"id":48411,"date":"2012-12-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/infographic-the-grinch-who-stole-data\/"},"modified":"2021-02-09T21:01:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:01:05","slug":"infographic-the-grinch-who-stole-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/2\/29147\/security\/infographic-the-grinch-who-stole-data","title":{"rendered":"INFOGRAPHIC: The Grinch Who Stole Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Dr. Seuss&#39; &quot;How the Grinch Stole Christmas,&quot; the bitter, cave-dwelling Grinch with a heart &quot;two sizes too small&quot; steals every sign of Christmas from the cheerful, unsuspecting Whos of Whoville. But according to this infographic from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobistealth.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MobiStealth.com<\/a>, there&#39;s another Grinch that could spoil Christmas &#8211; and the New Year. This one steals corporate data, and when things like credit card and sensitive corporate information disappear, it can mean a very grim season for the companies and individuals involved. Get some other great statistics about data theft &#8211; and how to protect your data from The Grinch &#8211; in the infographic below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobistealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/grinch_data_theft.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3a2c8d31-6f19-4bba-bdcf-8d0d284f79a1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"INFOGRAPHIC: The Grinch Who Stole Data\" border=\"0\" width=\"537\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobistealth.com\" target=\"_blank\">MobiStealth.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Dr. Seuss&#39; &quot;How the Grinch Stole Christmas,&quot; the bitter, cave-dwelling Grinch with a heart &quot;two sizes too small&quot; steals every sign of Christmas from the cheerful, unsuspecting Whos of Whoville. But according to this infographic from MobiStealth.com, there&#39;s another Grinch that could spoil Christmas &#8211; and the New Year. 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