Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Data breaches reported in the US

correlates with

Citi Bike annual trips (NYC)

r = 0.92693% · 2013-2022
Data breaches reported in the USCiti Bike annual trips (NYC)

These two datasets have a 93% correlation over 2013-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

Data breaches reported in the USidtheftcenter.org
Citi Bike annual trips (NYC)citibikenyc.com
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