Tech Grinches have been quite busy this year round with their evil activities – snatching away happiness from people by stealing their confidential data. There have been high statistics recorded for data breach in year 2012. The most unfortunate have been the retail business, where company data have been targeted most often and with ease. The Grinch and his companions have used specific tools to attack people this year – keyloggers and spyware being the most useful modes of attack.

However, people should be cautious with their personal gadgets, as they are easy targets of the tech Grinches. Tracking and stealing your personal data including your payment card and bank account numbers along with your online account passwords. The following pictorial representation gives you statistics of the data breach in 2012.