| This paper gives an analysis of reported data breaches at universities and colleges in the U.S. Categories of breached data are introduced and analyzed based on breach incidents and related records. Analysis of breach data are made based on category, year of reported breach, and the state where the breach occurred. The results reveal that 31% of the universities have had multiple incidents and that there was no causal relationship between the total number of incidents per category and the total records breached per category. However, the breached records for universities ranged from 159,333 to 5,326,969 records across categories; the number of incidents across categories ranged from 5 to 97. In addition, specific patterns of vulnerability at universities were observed. |
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