Massive spike in people affected by data breaches

There's been a sharp rise in people hit by personal data breaches over the past year, according to the Island's regulator.

The Information Commissioner's Office has published its Annual Report, which shows round 31,600 people were affected by them, compared with 4,918 over the past year.

It's out of an increase from 152 to 200 breaches - meanwhile data protection complaints more than doubled to 53.

The ICO says it points to a spike in cyber incidents, which can affect large numbers of people in a single breach.