Data compromises
Number of victim notices (millions)
2015
785
318.3
2016
1,099
2,541.1
2017
1,506
1,825.4
2018
1,175
2,227.8
2019
1,278
883.6
2020
1,107
302.9
2021
1,859
351.8
2022
1,798
425.2
2023
3,202
419.3
2024
3,158
1,350.8
(1) Data Compromises include data breaches, data exposures, data leaks, and unspecified events as defined by the Identity Theft Resource Center. (2) Victim Notices include individuals and accounts receiving notices for a single event or across multiple events. It is not a 1-to-1 count of actual victims.