Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has been tracking security breaches since 2005, looking for patterns, new trends and any information that may better help us to educate consumers and businesses on the need for understanding the value of protecting personal identifying information.
2005 to October November 12, 2014:
- Total Number of Recorded Breaches = 4,912
- Total Number of Records Exposed = 673,293,959
- Banking/Credit/Financial: # of Breaches: 8% # of Records: 13%
- Business: # of Breaches: 36% # of Records: 56%
- Educational: # of Breaches: 16% # of Records: 3%
- Government/Military: # of Breaches: 16% # of Records: 21%
- Medical/Healthcare: # of Breaches: 25% # of Records: 8%