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Report: Over 900 Reported Data Breaches in 2017 So Far

8/11/2017

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​The latest data breach study by data breach tracking group Identity Theft Resource Center shows that data breaches in the United States have topped 900 with over 16.8 million records affected.
 
As usual, business and healthcare account for the top two industries hit hardest by these breaches.

  • Businesses accounted for 476 total breaches (52.9%) with over 9.2 million records affected.
 
  • Healthcare accounted for 228 total breaches (25.3%) with over 3.5 million records affected.
 
  • Educational accounted for 96 total breaches (10.7%) with over 1.1 million records affected.
 
  • Financial accounted for 56 total breaches (6.2%) with over 2.7 million records affected.
 
  • Gov/Military accounted for 44 total breaches (4.9%) with over 216 thousand records affected.


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