Final Oct. 25, 2017. 2017 ITRC Breach Report captured 171,611,916 compromised records and 1120 total breaches, up 21.2% from 2016's record pace (924). Inside: How the five industry sectors break down in terms of breaches and records compromised, including percentage increase (decrease) from 2016.

1. 2017 ITRC DATABREACH SUMMARY REPORT as of
10/25/2017
Cruz Cerda
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 10/25/2017

2. 2017 Number of Data Breaches
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 10/25/2017
70
584
104
55
307
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

3. 2017 Number of Records Exposed
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 10/25/2017
2,908,580
156,942,081
1,145,430
5,800,133
4,815,692
0 20,000,00040,000,00060,000,00080,000,000100,000,000120,000,000140,000,000160,000,000180,000,000
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

4. 2017-2016 Percent Change (+/-)
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 10/25/2017
33.3% 33.3%
-5.2%
0.0%
62.8%
-10.0%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%

5. 2017 Number of Data Breaches (%)
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 10/25/2017
Banking/Credit/Financial
6.3%
Business
52.1%
Educational
9.3%
Government/Military
4.9%
Medical/Healthcare
27.4%

6. 2017 Number of Records Exposed (%)
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 10/25/2017
Banking/Credit/Financial
1.7%
Business 91.5%
Educational
0.7%
Government/Military
3.4%
Medical/Healthcare
2.8%

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 10/25/2017

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 proposal 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 10/25/2017