Breaches in Medical/Healthcare sector up 22.1% over 2015 As of SEPT 20, the 2016 ITRC Breach Report captured 687 breaches. These breaches exposed a total of 28,795,464 records. YTD the Banking sector experienced 24 breaches that exposed 25,262 records. YTD the Business sector experienced 299 breaches that exposed 2,518,416 records. YTD the Educational sector experienced 66 breaches that exposed 410,514 records. YTD the Government sector experienced 49 breaches that exposed 12,256,457 records. YTD the Healthcare sector experienced 249 breaches that exposed 13,584,815 records. Breaches on this list typically have exposed information which could potentially lead to identity theft, including Social Security numbers, financial account information, or medical information. ITRC follows U.S. Federal guidelines about what combination of personal information comprise a unique individual, and the exposure of which will constitute a data breach.

1. 2016 ITRC Breach Report as of
09/20/16
Cruz Cerda
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 09/20/2016
24
299
66
49
249
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

2. 2016 YTD Number of Data Breaches
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 09/20/2016
24
299
66
49
249
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

3. 2016 YTD Number of Records
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 09/20/2016
25,262
2,518,416
410,514
12,256,457
13,584,815
0 4,000,000 8,000,000 12,000,000 16,000,000
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

4. 2016 YTD Number of Data Breaches
(%)
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 09/20/2016
Banking/Credit/Financial
3.5%
Business
43.5%
Educational
9.6%
Government/Military
7.1%
Medical/Healthcare
36.2%

5. 2016 YTD Number of Records (%)
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 09/20/2016
Banking/Credit/Financial
0.1%
Business
8.7%
Educational
1.4%
Government/Military
42.6%
Medical/Healthcare
47.2%

6. Reference
• Breaches represented on this summary typically
have exposed information which could potentially
lead to identity theft, including Social Security
numbers, financial account information, or medical
information. ITRC follows U.S. Federal guidelines
about what combination of personal information
comprise a unique individual, and the exposure of
which will constitute a data breach.
• http://www.idtheftcenter.org
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 09/20/2016

7. Cruz Cerda
• PhD Candidate, Walden University – Applied
Management and Decision Sciences – Information
Systems Specialization
• MA, New York University – Education
• BA, Harvard University – Economics
• Full Text doctoral research study
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.1937.8801
@ResearchGate
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 09/20/2016