Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Data breaches reported in the US

correlates with

US secondhand/thrift store market

r = 0.93393% · 2012-2023
Data breaches reported in the USUS secondhand/thrift store market

These two datasets have a 93% correlation over 2012-2023. 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 secondhand/thrift store marketthredup.com
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