Welcome to DBD. Cybercrime is making headlines globally. Attacks on well-known brands and organizations are raising public awareness of the severity, frequency and impact of cyber attacks. Proving cybercrime is growing at an alarming rate, DBD has recorded more ransomware attacks this year than any other, and we continue to provide visibility of these in our 
Dentons Senior Analyst, Washington DC
December 2020 saw another 134 Data Breaches reported which accounted for 148.3 Million Data Records reported compromised.
The hardest hit sectors were Healthcare, Technology and Public Sector, with most breach types continuing to be Cyber Attack, Internal Error and Ransomware, accounting for over 73% of total Data Breaches reported this year.
This takes the complete yearly totals to 1,120 Data Breaches
reported and 20.2 Billion Data Records reported comprised as of the end of December 2020, resulting in an over 17% increase in Data Breaches reported and an over 64% increase in Data Records reported compromised compared with 2019's yearly totals.
