Key insights from the 2016 ITRC Data Breach include: • 52% of databreaches exposed social security numbers, a vital piece of data for identity theft and tax hijackers • Data breaches that exposed credit card or debit card information declined to 13%, pointing to greater vulnerability for consumers who are now faced with more diverse hacks that are not remediated by credit card issuers • 72% of breached records were exposed due to hacking, skimming or phishing • For the 2nd year, the healthcare industry led in the number of records exposed

1. 2016 ITRC DATABREACH
SUMMARY REPORT AS OF
01/18/2017
Cruz Cerda
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 01/18/2017

2. 2016 NUMBER OF DATA
BREACHES
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 01/18/2017
52
495
98
72
376
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

3. 2016 NUMBER OF RECORDS
EXPOSED
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 01/18/2017
72,262
5,669,711
1,048,342
13,869,571
15,942,053
0 5,000,000 10,000,000 15,000,000 20,000,000
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

4. 2016 NUMBER OF DATA
BREACHES (%)
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 01/18/2017
Banking/Credit/Financial
4.8%
Business
45.3%
Educational
9.0%
Government/Military
6.6%
Medical/Healthcare
34.4%

5. 2016 NUMBER OF RECORDS
EXPOSED (%)
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 01/18/2017
Banking/Credit/Financial 0.2%
Business 15.5%
Educational 2.9%
Government/Military
37.9%
Medical/Healthcare
43.6%

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 databreach.
• https://www.idtheftcenter.org
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 01/18/2017

7. • 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/R
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CRUZ CERDA
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of
01/18/2017