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 |