Global data breach stats

This page contains publicly available information about personal data that’s been copied, transmitted, viewed, and stolen from data holders, or otherwise illegally used since 2004.

16,265,021,232

Total number of breached accounts

Most accounts breached

Fewest accounts breached

World map

What you need to know about the numbers

This data is updated periodically, so make sure to check the numbers once in a while if you quote them. That said, there are two important things you should know about these numbers:

  • Most people use the same email for different accounts when registering online. That’s why a single email or account can be breached several times in different cases and some numbers may seem so high (like 16.3B total breached accounts).
  • 29.6% of the total breached accounts did not contain information about a person’s country of residence. So the numbers of country-specific breaches are actually much higher than you see below.

Accounts get breached more than once

Since 2004, a total of 16.3B accounts have been breached and approximately 5.6B of them have unique email addresses. This means that on a global scale:

  • A single email address is breached 3 times on average.
  • 72 unique email addresses are breached per 100 people.
  • 209 accounts are breached per 100 people on average.

Countries with the highest number of breached accounts since 2004

Countries with a population of less than 1M people are not included

Country
Total breaches
Breached accounts per 100 people

1The U.S.

2,612,832,017
789

2Russia

2,275,104,524
1,559

3China

1,026,182,235
71

4France

505,314,837
774

5Germany

476,211,648
568
Full list of analyzed countries

American and Russian accounts are breached way more often than in other countries. Cases in these two countries make up for 30.1% of the total breaches worldwide:

  • The U.S. holds the highest number of breached accounts in the world. This makes up 16.1% of all breached email addresses globally. Leaked Russian email accounts make up a number - 14.0% of the total global breaches.
  • Russia has the highest number of breached accounts per 100 inhabitants. Statistically, the email address of every Russian account was breached around 16 times. This number is 7.5 times higher than the global average (209 breached accounts per 100 people).

Comparing breach numbers in 2022'Q4 and 2022'Q3

These tables show the top 3 countries that saw the biggest changes in the number of data breaches they suffered in 2022'Q4 compared to 2022'Q3.

Countries with a population of less than 1M people are not included

Quarterly change in
Country
Percentage increase
Breached accounts

1South Sudan

2,310 %
17,559,740

2Turkey

1,376 %
1,980,566

3North Korea

547 %
3,786
Quarterly change in
Country
Percentage decrease
Breached accounts

1Benin

−98 %
−30,287

2Zambia

−98 %
−70,236

3Indonesia

−98 %
−13,016,749

TOP 10 countries by leaked data points

U.S. flagU.S.

Most leaked:
Password
1,769,340,929
Username
735,480,878
Firstname
624,239,133
Lastname
585,913,198
Ip
585,521,560
Other
5,708,602,411
Total no:
10,009,098,109

Russia flagRussia

Most leaked:
Password
2,905,150,144
Password hash
187,530,067
Username
158,687,439
Name
77,437,328
Phone
56,851,075
Other
340,863,522
Total no:
3,726,519,575

China flagChina

Most leaked:
Password
914,943,764
Password hash
349,381,377
Username
305,838,108
Ip
66,615,597
Name
63,600,166
Other
164,262,273
Total no:
1,864,641,285

France flagFrance

Most leaked:
Password
447,774,562
Username
167,400,174
Country
90,081,047
Password hash
83,083,545
Date of birth
80,144,993
Other
468,817,430
Total no:
1,337,301,751

Brazil flagBrazil

Most leaked:
Password
151,188,612
Username
126,658,967
Name
94,044,331
Country
77,826,473
Gender
72,206,546
Other
666,179,782
Total no:
1,188,104,711

India flagIndia

Most leaked:
Password
151,720,911
Password hash
84,461,802
Phone
83,307,228
Firstname
83,098,309
Name
81,728,445
Other
588,637,328
Total no:
1,072,954,023

U.K. flagU.K.

Most leaked:
Password
231,346,341
Username
108,278,833
Name
56,225,783
Password hash
54,864,661
Ip
50,918,105
Other
466,053,991
Total no:
967,687,714

Germany flagGermany

Most leaked:
Password
510,390,952
Username
82,434,748
Password hash
65,273,819
Country
33,788,424
Ip
31,898,514
Other
223,752,461
Total no:
947,538,918

Italy flagItaly

Most leaked:
Password
277,497,775
Username
69,372,657
Password hash
52,181,096
Date of birth
26,235,149
Firstname
24,379,702
Other
167,330,970
Total no:
616,997,349

Canada flagCanada

Most leaked:
Password
151,981,246
Username
63,076,742
Password hash
40,562,615
Name
32,614,124
Ip
27,843,658
Other
237,917,438
Total no:
553,995,823

Number of data points lost per capita

American and Russian accounts are exposed to cyber risks the most. The U.S. ranks 1st according to the number of data points leaked per capita, where a single person has lost 30 data points on average to breaches since 2004. Russia comes second with 26 data points per person. France ranks third with 20 data points per capita.

Number of data points leaked per account

A total of 55.2B data points have been exposed (16.3B of them have been email addresses) since 2004. On average, each email address is leaked with 2.4 additional data points.

Vietnamese, Iraqi, and Guatemalan accounts are breached with the most data points

Compromised Vietnamese email addresses have lost 4.2 data points on average. Together with their email, Vietnamese users lost 77.6% more data points to breaches than the global average. Iraqi and Guatemalan emails are breached with an average of 4.0 additional data points. This may suggest that users from these countries tend to fill in online forms more meticulously, putting more of their data in danger to be breached.

How data breaches compare across regions and countries

Countries with a population of less than 1M people are excluded when selecting the country with the most/fewest breaches.

Total breached accounts Breached accounts per 100 people Data points per breached account No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts
Global
Total breached accounts 16,265,021,232Breached accounts per 100 people 209Data points per breached account 2.4No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 85
Total breached accounts 4,854,550,203Breached accounts per 100 people 648Data points per breached account 2.1No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 108
Region with most breaches
Eastern Europe
Total breached accounts 2,663,943,989Breached accounts per 100 people 909Data points per breached account 1.7No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 123
Region with least breaches
Northern Europe
Total breached accounts 448,176,647Breached accounts per 100 people 422Data points per breached account 3.0No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 78
Country with most breaches
Russia
Total breached accounts 2,275,104,524Breached accounts per 100 people 1,559Data points per breached account 1.6No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 128
Country with least breaches
Kosovo
Total breached accounts 113,581Breached accounts per 100 people 6Data points per breached account 3.3No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 65

People from Europe are 3 times more likely to suffer account data leaks than the global population

Breaches in Europe account for 29.8% of the total global breaches. To put this into perspective, a single person from Europe has gotten their online account details leaked around 6 times since 2004. However, not all the countries are exposed to cyber risks on the same level. Russia is the most targeted country, with 5 out of 10 breaches in Europe happening there.

Breached accounts’ QoQ analysis (2020-present)

3.0B accounts have been breached since the start of 2020

This accounts for 18.5% of the total global breaches that have happened since 2004. In turn, this has affected 12 out of 100 people globally each year.

Breach rates have been on the decline compared to the last quarter

In 2022'Q4, 622 accounts were being breached every minute. In 2023'Q1, however, breach rates are 56.7% lower, with 270 accounts being leaked every 60 seconds.

Quarter with the highest number of breaches over the last year

2022'Q3 had the most data breaches over the last year. 117.8M accounts were breached in total, which means that:

  • 35.1 % more quarterly breaches occurred than the yearly average (87.2M).
  • 2 out of 100 people in the world suffered account breaches in 2022'Q3.

Quarter with the lowest number of breaches over the last year

2022'Q2 had the fewest data breaches over the last year. 65.2M accounts were breached, which is:

  • −25.2 % fewer quarterly breaches than the yearly average (87.2M).
  • 1.8 times fewer than in 2022'Q3, the quarter with the highest number of breaches over the last year.

Countries affected by breaches most each quarter

Countries with a population of less than 1M people are not included