Over 4.2 billion records were exposed in 4,149 cyber incidents in 2016. US (1,971) and UK (204) accounted for more than half of them. 52% of all 2016 breaches involved SSNs up from 44% in 2015 carried out through spear-phishing. Hackers appear to be getting better with sophisticated methods of attacks and more precision, says an Online Trust Alliance report. The severity of breach had increased, too, with an average severity score of 9.96 out of 10 reported.”]