UPDATED:Jul 4, 2023

Global quarterly analysis

Breached accounts

Global QoQ analysis (2020-present)

3.2B accounts have been breached since the start of 2020

This accounts for 19.6% of the total global breaches that have happened since 2004. In turn, this has affected 11 out of 100 people globally each year.

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

In 2023'Q1, 334 accounts were being breached every minute. In 2023'Q2, however, breach rates are 284.3% higher, with 1,282 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. 117.9M accounts were breached in total, which means that:

  • 30.7 % more quarterly breaches occurred than the yearly average (90.1M).
  • 1 out of 100 people in the world suffered account breaches in 2022'Q3.

Quarter with the lowest number of breaches over the last year

2023'Q1 had the fewest data breaches over the last year. 43.2M accounts were breached, which is:

  • 2.1 times fewer quarterly breaches than the yearly average (90.1M).
  • 2.7 times fewer than in 2022'Q3, the quarter with the highest number of breaches over the last year.

Countries most affected by breaches each quarter

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

Comparing 2023'Q2 and 2023'Q1

Percentage change, %

13,385

Breached accounts

268,376

Percentage change, %

4,586

Breached accounts

422,324

Percentage change, %

2,113

Breached accounts

2,625,821

Global average

Percentage change, %

284

Breached accounts

330,007

Percentage change, %

−97

Breached accounts

−1,935,597

Percentage change, %

−97

Breached accounts

−1,259,557

Percentage change, %

−100

Breached accounts

−3,977,480

  • This table shows the top and bottom 3 countries that saw the biggest changes in the number of data breaches in $2023'Q2 compared to $2023'Q1.
  • Countries with a population of less than 1M people are not included.