At least 8.3 million personal and financial records of consumers were potentially compromised by data spills or breaches at businesses, universities and government agencies in the first quarter of 2008, according to statistics released today. The San Diego based Identity Theft Resource Center said it tracked public reports of 167 data breaches in the first three months of this year. The center recorded 448 data breaches total in 2007. A detailed breakdown of the incidents in 1Q of 2008 is available here (PDF) and the overall 2007 statistics can be downloaded here (PDF). Roughly 4.2 million of the breached records were the result of digital intrusions at the Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain disclosed last month. Overall, businesses were responsible for roughly 36 percent of the data breaches or spills, followed by schools and universities (25 percent), government and military (18 percent), medical/health care (14 percent) and banking and financial (7