UK number of breached data points in Q1 2020-Q4 2024

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Ani Petrosyan,
Feb 11, 2025

During the fourth quarter of 2024, data breaches exposed more than a million user data records in the United Kingdom (UK). The figure decreased significantly from nearly 41 million in the quarter prior. Overall, the time between the first quarter of 2022 and the fourth quarter of 2023, saw the lowest number of exposed user data accounts.

Number of data records exposed in data breaches in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2020 to 4th quarter 2024

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January 2025

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2020 to Q4 2024

Supplementary notes

Figures may see significant changes due to reporting and timeline corrections.

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