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Hacking and malware are always blamed for being the biggest issues behind data breaches , but according to TrendMicro 's latest analysis of the years of data , they are only the second biggest cause accounting for 25 % of data breaches : 25 % are caused by " device loss " ( or theft ) . The retail sector is typically held up as being the riskiest cause for data breaches : not true , it comes fourth in line after healthcare , industry and government . As for your personal identification information ( PII ) , apparently there is such a surplus of PII available in the underground market that the price has risen from $ 4 per PII to just $ 1 in the past decade .