Data Breaches Digest: Data Breaches

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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. :)

“Data Breaches Digest and its PRiSM portal provide Dentons Global Security Team with valuable insights into the ransomware landscape, from the latest incidents to trends over time, as well as the ability to customize visual analytics. Timely reports and tracking by Data Breaches Digest help inform cyber intelligence for the world’s largest law firm and thus our cybersecurity posture across more than 80 countries worldwide.”

Dentons Senior Analyst, Washington D.C.

Data Breaches

Please find below tables by month for the Number of Data Breaches reported, and the Number of Data Records reported compromised for 2017 to 2024 so far:-

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.

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