Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Data breaches reported in the US

correlates with

US hot sauce market size

r = 0.90390% · 2005-2023
Data breaches reported in the USUS hot sauce market size

These two datasets have a 90% correlation over 2005-2023. 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
US hot sauce market sizeibisworld.com
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