Quarterly data breach density worldwide 2023, by region

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Ani Petrosyan,
Nov 11, 2024
Between the second and the third quarters of 2023, the data breach density worldwide decreased by nearly four times. The most significant change was seen in North America. In the second quarter of 2023, 85 user accounts per thousand people in the region were breached, compared to 16 breached accounts in the third quarter of 2023.

Number of breached user accounts per thousand individuals worldwide from 1st quarter 2023 to 3rd quarter 2023, by region

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November 2023

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Worldwide

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Q1 2023 to Q3 2023

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number of breached data sets per thousand individuals, including data only for countries with a population of over one million people

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