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 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 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 17.2B | Breached accounts per 100 people 215 | Data points per account 2.5 | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 82 |
| Total breached accounts 5.1B | Breached accounts per 100 people 692 | Data points per account 2.2 | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 104 |
| Region with most breaches | |||
| Eastern Europe | |||
| Total breached accounts 2.8B | Breached accounts per 100 people 980 | Data points per account 1.8 | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 117 |
| Region with least breaches | |||
| Northern Europe | |||
| Total breached accounts 475.4M | Breached accounts per 100 people 445 | Data points per account 3.1 | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 76 |
| Country with most breaches | |||
| Russia | |||
| Total breached accounts 2.4B | Breached accounts per 100 people 1,678 | Data points per account 1.8 | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 121 |
| Country with least breaches | |||
| Kosovo | |||
| Total breached accounts 117.8k | Breached accounts per 100 people 7 | Data points per account 3.3 | No. of passwords leaked per 100 breached accounts 65 |
- Countries with a population of less than 1M people are excluded when selecting the country with the most/fewest breaches.