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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.

61

Breaches recorded

1.5 billion

Records in those breaches

1.4 billion

Email records indexed

6 Nov 2026

Last updated

Breaches by year

Number of recorded breaches, by the year the breach happened. Select a year to list its breaches.

2017: no breaches20172018: no breaches20182019: 2 breaches — select to list them220192020: 1 breach — select to list them120202021: 2 breaches — select to list them220212022: 1 breach — select to list them120222023: 1 breach — select to list them120232024: 1 breach — select to list them120242025: 7 breaches — select to list them720252026: 36 breaches — select to list them362026

Plus 10 breaches before 2017 — see .

2005: 1 breach — select to list them120052006: no breaches20062007: no breaches20072008: 2 breaches — select to list them220082009: no breaches20092010: 1 breach — select to list them120102011: no breaches20112012: 2 breaches — select to list them220122013: 1 breach — select to list them120132014: 1 breach — select to list them120142015: 2 breaches — select to list them220152016: no breaches20162017: no breaches20172018: no breaches20182019: 2 breaches — select to list them220192020: 1 breach — select to list them120202021: 2 breaches — select to list them220212022: 1 breach — select to list them120222023: 1 breach — select to list them120232024: 1 breach — select to list them120242025: 7 breaches — select to list them720252026: 36 breaches — select to list them362026

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YearBreaches
202636
20257
20241
20231
20221
20212
20201
20192
20152
20141
20131
20122
20101
20082
20051

Most commonly exposed data

Number of breaches that exposed each type of data.

  1. Email Addresses 55
  2. Names 44
  3. Surname 39
  4. Phone numbers 36
  5. Addresses 32
  6. Passwords 14
  7. Date of Birth 12
  8. Gender 11
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Data typeBreaches
Email Addresses55
Names44
Surname39
Phone numbers36
Addresses32
Passwords14
Date of Birth12
Gender11

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Showing breaches from 2021 × Show all years

Select an organisation to see the full breach details. Showing 1–2 of 2 breaches from 2021

OrganisationBreach dateRecordsData exposed
AT&T 2021 58 663 407
  • Names
  • Surname
  • +5 more
Twitter 2021 400 438 631
  • Email Addresses
  • Names
  • +2 more

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