Regional comparison of data breaches
People from Europe are 3 times more likely to suffer account data leaks than the global population
Breaches in Europe account for 28.9% of the total global breaches. To put this into perspective, a single person from Europe has gotten their online account details leaked around 7 times since 2004. However, not all 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.
| Total breached accounts | Breached accounts per 100 people | Data points per account | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts |
| Global | |||
| Total breached accounts 17.9B | Breached accounts per 100 people 223 | Data points per account 2.7 | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 79 |
| Total breached accounts 5.2B | Breached accounts per 100 people 694 | Data points per account 2.2 | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 103 |
| Region with most breaches | |||
| Eastern Europe | |||
| Total breached accounts 2.9B | Breached accounts per 100 people 989 | Data points per account 1.8 | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 116 |
| Region with least breaches | |||
| Northern Europe | |||
| Total breached accounts 464.7M | Breached accounts per 100 people 435 | Data points per account 3.1 | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 73 |
| Country with most breaches | |||
| Russia | |||
| Total breached accounts 2.5B | Breached accounts per 100 people 1,696 | Data points per account 1.8 | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 119 |
| Country with least breaches | |||
| Kosovo | |||
| Total breached accounts 118.0k | Breached accounts per 100 people 7 | Data points per account 3.3 | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 63 |
- Countries with a population of less than 1M people are excluded when selecting the country with the most/fewest breaches.