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Dentons Senior Analyst, Washington D.C.
2024
MONTH |
DATA
BREACHES |
DATA RECORDS
COMPROMISED |
JANUARY
|
4,645 |
29,530,829,012 |
FEBRUARY
|
712 |
719,366,482 |
MARCH
|
3,478 |
299,368,075 |
APRIL
|
652 |
5,336,840,757 |
MAY
|
||
JUNE
|
||
JULY
|
||
AUGUST
|
||
SEPTEMBER
|
||
OCTOBER
|
||
NOVEMBER
|
||
DECEMBER
|
||
TOTALS
|
9,487 |
35,886,404,326
|
2023
MONTH |
DATA
BREACHES |
DATA RECORDS
COMPROMISED |
JANUARY
|
104 |
277,618,767 |
FEBRUARY
|
106 |
29,582,356 |
MARCH
|
100 |
41,970,182 |
APRIL
|
120 |
4,353,257 |
MAY
|
98 |
98,226,877 |
JUNE
|
79 |
14,353,113 |
JULY
|
87 |
146,290,598 |
AUGUST
|
73 |
79,729,271 |
SEPTEMBER
|
71 |
3,808,687,191 |
OCTOBER
|
114 |
867,072,315 |
NOVEMBER
|
470 |
519,111,354 |
DECEMBER
|
1,351 |
2,241,916,765 |
TOTALS
|
2,773 |
8,128,912,046
|
2022
MONTH |
DATA
BREACHES |
DATA RECORDS
COMPROMISED |
JANUARY
|
95 |
65,984,648 |
FEBRUARY
|
83 |
5,127,241 |
MARCH
|
88 |
3,987,593 |
APRIL
|
80 |
14,329,785 |
MAY
|
77 |
49,782,129 |
JUNE
|
80 |
34,908,053 |
JULY
|
85 |
99,243,757 |
AUGUST
|
112 |
97,456,345 |
SEPTEMBER
|
88 |
35,566,046 |
OCTOBER
|
102 |
9,990,855 |
NOVEMBER
|
95 |
32,051,144 |
DECEMBER
|
78 |
31,586,757 |
TOTALS
|
1,063
|
480,014,353
|
2021
MONTH |
DATA
BREACHES |
DATA RECORDS
COMPROMISED |
JANUARY
|
82
|
878,168,975
|
FEBRUARY
|
118 |
2,323,326,953 |
MARCH
|
152 |
120,219,930 |
APRIL
|
143 |
1,098,897,134 |
MAY
|
128 |
115,861,330 |
JUNE
|
110 |
7,057,993,049 |
JULY
|
86 |
33,727,641 |
AUGUST
|
84 |
60,865,828 |
SEPTEMBER
|
97 |
91,127,815 |
OCTOBER
|
94 |
51,248,331 |
NOVEMBER
|
81 |
223,615,390 |
DECEMBER
|
74 |
219,310,808 |
TOTALS
|
1,249
|
12,274,363,184
|
2020
MONTH |
DATA
BREACHES |
DATA RECORDS
COMPROMISED |
JANUARY
|
61
|
1,505,372,820
|
FEBRUARY
|
105
|
632,595,960
|
MARCH
|
67 | 832,486,418 |
APRIL
|
49 | 216,141,421 |
MAY
|
105 |
8,801,171,594 |
JUNE
|
92 |
7,021,195,399 |
JULY
|
86 |
77,775,496 |
AUGUST
|
99 |
36,673,575 |
SEPTEMBER
|
102 |
267,277,828 |
OCTOBER
|
117 |
86,607,479 |
NOVEMBER
|
103 |
586,771,602 |
DECEMBER
|
134 |
148,354,955 |
TOTALS
|
1,120
|
20,212,424,547
|
2019
MONTH |
DATA
BREACHES |
DATA RECORDS
COMPROMISED |
JANUARY
|
59
|
1,170,983,728
|
FEBRUARY
|
58
|
873,919,635
|
MARCH
|
79
|
2,100,479,833
|
APRIL
|
71
|
1,334,488,829
|
MAY
|
77
|
1,384,418,292
|
JUNE
|
64
|
29,716,282
|
JULY
|
92
|
2,360,027,273
|
AUGUST
|
94
|
105,101,839
|
SEPTEMBER
|
75
|
531,596,111
|
OCTOBER
|
110
|
421,102,896
|
NOVEMBER
|
87
|
1,340,710,580
|
DECEMBER
|
90
|
627,486,720
|
TOTALS
|
956
|
12,304,182,843
|
2018
MONTH |
DATA
BREACHES |
DATA RECORDS
COMPROMISED |
JANUARY
|
50
|
9,058,795
|
FEBRUARY
|
44
|
2,405,374
|
MARCH
|
55 | 27,638,144 |
APRIL
|
44 | 222,734,013 |
MAY
|
58 | 29,983,210 |
JUNE
|
44 | 152,146,836 |
JULY
|
42 | 30,781,501 |
AUGUST
|
28 | 214,217,199 |
SEPTEMBER
|
36 | 852,750,978 |
OCTOBER
|
47 | 244,085,097 |
NOVEMBER
|
64 | 277,804,561 |
DECEMBER
|
45 | 276,723,432 |
TOTALS
|
557
|
2,340,329,140
|
2017
MONTH |
DATA
BREACHES |
DATA RECORDS
COMPROMISED |
JANUARY
|
44
|
3,246,836
|
FEBRUARY
|
46
|
9,178,442
|
MARCH
|
44 | 41,249,900 |
APRIL
|
44 | 4,516,322 |
MAY
|
37 | 115,583,917 |
JUNE
|
43 | 198,626,690 |
JULY
|
40 | 36,506,986 |
AUGUST
|
41 | 5,458,730 |
SEPTEMBER
|
35 | 173,605,299 |
OCTOBER
|
39 | 22,802,378 |
NOVEMBER
|
36 | 58,807,780 |
DECEMBER
|
39 | 156,942,901 |
TOTALS
|
488
|
826,526,181
|
Data Source: IT Governance.
