As of Dec 13, the 2016 ITRC Breach Report captured 980 breaches. These breaches exposed a total of 35,233,317 records. YTD the Banking sector experienced 43 breaches that exposed 71,912 records. YTD the Business sector experienced 432 breaches that exposed 5,649,046 records. YTD the Educational sector experienced 84 breaches that exposed 1,015,813 records. YTD the Government sector experienced 66 breaches that exposed 13,070,531 records. YTD the Healthcare sector experienced 355 breaches that exposed 15,426,015 records.

1. 2016 ITRC Breach Report as of
12/13/2016
Cruz Cerda
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 12/13/2016

2. 2016 YTD Number of Data Breaches
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 12/13/2016
43
432
84
66
355
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

3. 2016 YTD Number of Records
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 12/13/2016
71,912
5,649,046
1,015,813
13,070,531
15,426,015
0 5,000,000 10,000,000 15,000,000 20,000,000
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

4. 2016 YTD Number of Data Breaches
(%)
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 12/13/2016
Banking/Credit/Financial
4.4%
Business
44.1%
Educational
8.6%
Government/Military
6.7%
Medical/Healthcare
36.2%

5. 2016 YTD Number of Records (%)
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 12/13/2016
Banking/Credit/Financial
0.2%
Business 16.0%
Educational 2.9%
Government/Military
37.1%
Medical/Healthcare
43.8%

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 12/13/2016

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
12/13/2016