The document summarizes data breach statistics from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) as of November 15, 2016. It shows that there were 389 total breaches in 2016 affecting over 29 million records. Approximately 45% of breaches were in the business sector, affecting over 2.5 million records, while 36% were in the medical/healthcare sector with over 14 million records breached. Government/military breaches affected over 12 million records or 41% of the total.

1. 2016 ITRC Breach Report as of
11/15/2016
Cruz Cerda
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 11/15/2016

2. 2016 YTD Number of Data Breaches
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 11/15/2016
37
389
74
59
314
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

3. 2016 YTD Number of Records
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 11/15/2016
26,262
2,563,741
489,376
12,302,422
14,483,947
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 11/15/2016
Banking/Credit/Financial
4.2%
Business
44.6%
Educational
8.5%
Government/Military
6.8%
Medical/Healthcare
36.0%

5. 2016 YTD Number of Records (%)
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 11/15/2016
Banking/Credit/Financial
0.1%
Business
8.6%
Educational 1.6%
Government/Military
41.2%
Medical/Healthcare
48.5%

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 11/15/2016

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
11/15/2016