At 2018's halfway point there are 668 breaches representing almost 23 million records exposed according to reports from the San Diego-based Identity Theft Resource Center and Providence, R.I.-based CyberScout (formerly IDT911).
The number of U.S. data breaches tracked through July 2, 2018 is less than 2017's half-year high total of 791. However, this year some 22.5 million reported records exposed so far is almost double the 12.4 million records reported breached last year at this time (which came before Equifax's 145.5 million exposed records).
Broken down by industry category:
- Business = 46%
- Medical/Healthcare = 27.1%
- Banking/Credit/Financial = 12.6%
- Government/Military = 7.3%
- Educational = 6.7%
Following are the worst 2018 U.S. data breaches, at the halfway point, based on ITRC's list of confirmed, exposed PII records.
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Roy Urrico
Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).
