Data Breach 2024 Report

Data Breach 2024 Report. The number of publicly reported data compromises increased by 78% in 2023 compared to 2022. In june 2024, 47 data breaches of 500 or more healthcare records were reported to the hhs’ office for civil rights (ocr), the fewest number of breaches since october 2023.

Many media outlets mistakenly reported that the national public data breach affects 2.9 billion people (that figure actually refers to the number of rows in the. The global average cost of a data breach in 2024—a 10% increase over last year and the highest total ever.