In the second quarter of 2024, there were a total of 732 reported compromises, including 653 data breaches, 4 data exposures and 75 unknown compromises, with these events affecting a total of 1.04 billion victims. (Credit: Chor muang/Adobe Stock)
There were 1,571 data compromises impacting approximately 1.07 billion people in the first half of 2024, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reports.
This is a 14% increase compared to the first half of a record-setting 2023, which saw 3,203 compromises for the whole year. ITRC's data shows that prior to 2023, the highest number of data compromises in an entire year was 1,860 (2021), which demonstrates the exponential growth in these kinds of attacks.
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Brittney Meredith-Miller
Brittney Meredith-Miller is assistant editor of PropertyCasualty360.com. She can be reached at [email protected].
