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Fear trumps anger when it comes to data breaches – angry customers vent, but fearful customers don't come back

Written by Rajendran Murthy, Professor of Marketing, Rochester Institute of Technology

One-third of customers will return to a hacked site without even changing their password, according to a recent study.d3sign/Moment Collection/Getty Images

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