As of March 28, the total number of breaches captured in the 2017 ITRC Breach Report now totals 392, an increase of 51.9 percent over last year's record pace for the same time period (258).

1. 2017 ITRC DATABREACH SUMMARY REPORT as of
03/28/2017
Cruz Cerda
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 03/28/2017

2. 2017 Number of Data Breaches
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 03/28/2017
8
206
61
20
97
0 50 100 150 200 250
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

3. 2017 Number of Records Exposed
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 03/28/2017
-
5,276,367
40,598
44,602
2,030,454
0 1,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000
Banking/Credit/Financial
Business
Educational
Government/Military
Medical/Healthcare

4. 2017-2016 Percent Change
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 03/28/2017
60.9%
154.2%
122.2%
11.5%
-20.0%-40.0%
-20.0%
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
120.0%
140.0%
160.0%
180.0%
Business Educational Government-Military Medical-Healthcare Banking-Financial-Credit

5. 2017 Number of Data Breaches (%)
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 03/28/2017
Banking/Credit/Financial
2.0%
Business
52.6%
Educational
15.6%
Government/Military
5.1%
Medical/Healthcare
24.7%

6. 2017 Number of Records Exposed (%)
2017 Breaches Identified by the ITRC as of 03/28/2017
Banking/Credit/Financial
0.0%
Business 71.4%
Educational 0.5%
Government/Military
0.6%
Medical/Healthcare
27.5%

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 03/28/2017

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 03/28/2017