Editor's Message

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 PRiSM application. This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, please be extra vigilant and mindful that cybercriminals CAN and WILL strike where and when you least expect it. Thanks again for your support. Stay safe. :)

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Dentons Senior Analyst, Washington DC

Thursday, 3 June 2021

Global Data Breaches - May 2021

May 2021 saw another 128 Data Breaches reported which accounted for 115.8 Million Data Records reported compromised.

May's total amount of Data Breaches reported decreased by over 10% from last month, and the total amount of Data Records reported compromised also decreased by over 89% from last month.

The hardest hit sectors were Healthcare, Education and Public Sector, with most breach types continuing to be Cyber Attack, Internal Error and Ransomware, accounting for over 71% of total Data Breaches reported this year.

Currently this takes the yearly totals so far to 623 Data Breaches reported and 4.5 Billion Data Records reported comprised as of the end of May 2021.

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Data Source: IT Governance.

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