Number of Breaches in the Financial Industry up Nearly 60% over 2016 Figures As of May 17, the total number of breaches captured in the 2017 ITRC Breach Report now totals 647, an increase of 33.4 percent over last year's record pace for the same time period (448). ​From 2005 through 5/17/2017, the ITRC has identified 7,545 data breach incidents.

1. 2017 ITRC DATABREACH SUMMARY REPORT as of
05/17/2017
Cruz Cerda
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 05/17/2017

2. 2017 Number of Data Breaches
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 05/17/2017
27
367
79
33
141
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

3. 2017 Number of Records Exposed
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 05/17/2017
520,000
7,535,901
45,834
194,176
1,898,623
0 1,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 8,000,000
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

4. 2017-2016 Percent Change
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 05/17/2017
47.4%
54.9%
65.0%
-4.7%
58.8%
-10.0%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
Business Educational Government-Military Medical-Healthcare Banking-Financial-Credit

5. 2017 Number of Data Breaches (%)
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 05/17/2017
Banking/Credit/Financial
4.2%
Business
56.7%Educational
12.2%
Government/Military
5.1%
Medical/Healthcare
21.8%

6. 2017 Number of Records Exposed (%)
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 05/17/2017
Banking/Credit/Financial
5.1%
Business 73.9%
Educational 0.4%
Government/Military
1.9%
Medical/Healthcare
18.6%

7. 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
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 05/17/2017

8. 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 Medical Identity Theft,
Palm Vein Authentication: The Manager's Perspective
@ResearchGate
 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.1937.8801 @ResearchGate
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 05/17/2017