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Cyber crime: distribution of data exposed 2014-2017, by sector

Distribution of records exposed due to data breaches in the United States from 2014 to 2017, by sector
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The data describes the distribution of records exposed due to data breaches in the U.S. from 2014 to 2017, by sector. It was found that the records exposed as a result of data breaches in the government sector constituted 3.3% of all exposed records in the U.S. in 2017. The business sector accounted for the majority of exposed records.

2014 9.7 7.8 79.7 1.4 1.5
2015 66.7 20.2 9.6 3 0.4
2016 43.6 37.9 15.5 0.2 2.9
2017 2.8 3.3 91.3 1.7 0.8