The document summarizes data breach statistics from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) as of November 22, 2016. It shows that there were 397 data breaches in 2016 affecting over 34 million records. Government/military breaches comprised the highest percentage of records breached at 37.8%, while business breaches were the highest in terms of total number of breaches at 44.1%. Medical/healthcare breaches affected the second highest number of records at 42.9%.

1. 2016 ITRC Breach Report as of
11/22/2016
Cruz Cerda
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 11/22/2016

2. 2016 YTD Number of Data Breaches
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 11/22/2016
37
397
77
61
329
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 11/22/2016
71,912
5,527,389
1,003,863
12,910,453
14,641,962
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 11/22/2016
Banking/Credit/Financial
4.1%
Business
44.1%
Educational
8.5%
Government/Military
6.8%
Medical/Healthcare
36.5%

5. 2016 YTD Number of Records (%)
2016 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 11/22/2016
Banking/Credit/Financial
0.2%
Business 16.2%
Educational 2.9%
Government/Military 37.8%
Medical/Healthcare
42.9%

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 11/22/2016

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 11/22/2016