As of Oct 19, the 2016 ITRC Breach Report captured 783 breaches. These breaches exposed a total of 29,535,654 records. YTD the Banking sector experienced 33 breaches that exposed 26,262 records. YTD the Business sector experienced 338 breaches that exposed 2,541,158 records. YTD the Educational sector experienced 71 breaches that exposed 488,514 records. YTD the Government sector experienced 55 breaches that exposed 12,290,322 records. YTD the Healthcare sector experienced 286 breaches that exposed 14,189,398 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
10/19/2016
Cruz Cerda
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 10/19/2016
33
338
71
55
286
0 100 200 300 400
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

2. 2016 YTD Number of Data Breaches
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 10/19/2016
33
338
71
55
286
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

3. 2016 YTD Number of Records
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 10/19/2016
26,262
2,541,158
488,514
12,290,322
14,189,398
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 10/19/2016
Banking/Credit/Financial
4.2%
Business
43.2%
Educational
9.1%
Government/Military
7.0%
Medical/Healthcare
36.5%

5. 2016 YTD Number of Records (%)
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 10/19/2016
Banking/Credit/Financial
0.1%
Business
8.6%
Educational 1.7%
Government/Military
41.6%
Medical/Healthcare
48.0%

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 10/19/2016

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 10/19/2016