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Global Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in April 2024 – 5,336,840,757 Records Breached

IT Governance

IT Governance’s research found the following for April 2024: 652 publicly disclosed security incidents. 5,336,840,757 records known to be breached. This blog provides further analysis of the data we’ve collected. Top 10 biggest breaches Note: Where ‘around’, ‘about’, etc. Data breached: 4,186,879,104 messages.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 April 2024

IT Governance

5,255,944,117 known records breached in 128 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2020 – 8.8 billion records breached

IT Governance

Indeed, it bears reminding relatively small breaches can often be the most damaging – such as an email gaffe this month in which the identities of 250 abuse survivors in Northern Ireland were exposed. Take a look at every data breach and cyber attack that we recorded in May in this blog. Data breaches.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

252,796,762 known records breached in 126 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 January 2024

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. The data is more than mere credentials, too – according to Cybernews, most of the exposed data is sensitive. Data breached: more than 26 billion records.