Breach statistics
Data breaches we’ve recorded
An overview of the publicly released data breaches in our database — when they happened, how large they were and what kind of data was exposed.
51
Breaches recorded
1 billion
Records in those breaches
1 billion
Email records indexed
5 Nov 2026
Last updated
Breaches by year
Number of recorded breaches, by the year the breach happened.
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| Year | Breaches |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 | 31 |
Most commonly exposed data
Number of breaches that exposed each type of data.
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| Data type | Breaches |
|---|---|
| Email Addresses | 46 |
| Names | 37 |
| Surname | 33 |
| Phone numbers | 30 |
| Addresses | 27 |
| Gender | 9 |
| Passwords | 9 |
| Date of Birth | 7 |
All breaches
Breach list
Select an organisation to see the full breach details. Showing 41–51 of 51 breaches
| Organisation | Breach date | Records | Data exposed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 400 438 631 |
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| Experian South Africa | 2020 | 1 525 385 |
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| Condo.com | 2019 | 1 573 391 |
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| Canva.com | 2019 | 134 050 884 |
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| 000Webhost.com | 2015 | 12 456 893 |
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| KickStarter.com | 2014 | 5 169 947 |
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| Adobe | 2013 | 139 989 245 |
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| Last.fm | 2012 | 43 367 415 |
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| South African Natis Extract | 2010 | 196 017 |
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| South African UIF | 2008 | 297 782 |
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| Absa Bank | 2005 | 73 303 |
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