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A data breach, as defined by the Ponemon Institute, occurs when an individual's
name, medical or financial record is potentially put at risk in either electronic or
paper format in a malicious or criminal attack, system glitch or human error.
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RECORDS BREACHED
IN THE YEAR 2016
1,378,509,261
NUMBER OF
BREACH INCIDENTS
1,792
EVERY DAY
3,776,738
EVERY HOUR
157,364
EVERY MINUTE
2,623
EVERY SECOND
44
PERCENTAGE OF BREACHES
WHERE NUMBER OF
COMPROMISED RECORDS
WAS UNKNOWN
52.2%
PERCENTAGE OF DATA
BREACHES WHERE
ENCRYPTION WAS USED
4.2%
global
figures
data Breaches
BY source
data Breaches
BY tYPe
data stoLen or
Lost BY IndustrY
65.25%
MaLICIOUS
OUtSIDer
61.68%
IDeNtIty theFt
35.19%
teChNOLOgy
11.82%
retaIL
11.46%
gOverNMeNt
15.27%
MaLICIOUS
INSIDer
24.70%
aCCIDeNtaL
LOSS
20.60%
FINaNCIaL
aCCeSS
15.46%
Other
2.18%
State
SPONSOreD
11.55%
aCCOUNt
aCCeSS
8.35%
NUISaNCe
7.88%
exISteNtIaL Data
1.12%
eDUCatION
3.48%
heaLthCare
4.40%
FINaNCIaL
2.17%
haCKtIvISt
0.50%
UNKNOwN
