# Data Breaches On the rise

Feb 2

Written By [David Landers](/content/trestlenews?author=50e27ba8e4b0a05702b33afd/index.html)

It wasn't just media hype. Data breaches (at least the known ones) jumped 44.7% in 2017, [according to a thorough year-end review](https://www.databreachtoday.com/us-data-breaches-hit-all-time-high-a-10622).

Here are few nasty numbers to impressing your friends at parties:

- 1,579 total breaches
- 158 million Social Security numbers exposed
- 20% of the breaches resulted in exposing credit/debit card numbers

My quick math says almost 30% of breaches are due the sloppiness and malice employees and other "trusted" personnel. External hackers get big headlines, but how closely are you looking within?