IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

For the second month in a row, ransomware has dominated our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. That partially explains why May’s total of 115,861,330 breached records is comparatively low. By contrast, we disclosed 1 billion breached records in April, and almost 4 billion in the first four months of the year.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

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. We’ll also soon publish our 2023 review of publicly disclosed incidents and records known to be breached across the year, as well as our quarterly report, so keep an eye on our blog.

Data Privacy 107

Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 107

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2020

By comparison, 2019 saw an average of almost 80 data breaches and cyber attacks per month. Several major incidents occurred in January, boosting the total number of breached records to a substantial 1,505,372,820. Chinese hackers blamed as Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach (unknown). Data breaches.

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware Phishing 145