Over 15 billion records were exposed last year

The total number of records exposed in 2019 increased by 284 percent compared to 2018. In total, there were over 15.1 billion records exposed.

There were 7,098 breaches reported in 2019, a one percent increase on 2018, though the gap is anticipated to grow throughout Q1 2020 as more 2019 incidents come to light, says the new Risk Based Security report, 2019 Year End Data Breach QuickView Report.

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