Between November 2022 and October 2023, the education saw 860 data breach cases caused by system intrusion. Basic web application attacks resulted in 161 data breaches in the finance sector. Social engineering attacks caused 158 data breaches in the construction sector.
Global number of data breach incidents from November 2022 to October 2023, by industry and attack pattern
Characteristic
Accommodation
Administration
Construction
Education
Entertainment
Finance
Healthcare
Information
Manufacturing
Manufacturing/Utilities
Other services
Professional
Public administration
Real estate
Retail
Transportation
Basic web application attacks
12
1
10
30
30
161
55
124
71
12
21
113
76
21
30
22
Denial of service
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
Other
1
1
-
13
-
12
8
1
6
1
-
3
32
-
15
4
Lost and stolen assets
-
-
-
21
2
18
24
4
7
-
11
22
64
4
1
-
Miscellaneous errors
2
1
5
375
86
270
585
84
154
20
185
238
493
140
10
18
Privilege misuse
6
-
4
97
39
63
266
38
68
12
45
71
86
41
5
5
Social engineering
35
7
158
764
79
251
141
116
190
47
71
500
119
118
119
35
System intrusion
52
12
43
860
70
427
168
250
373
64
90
409
245
78
201
59
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excluding incidents and breaches affecting individuals that cannot be tied to an organizational attribute loss
Supplementary notes
The source adds the following information: "All incidents included in this report were reviewed and converted (if necessary) into the VERIS framework to create a common, anonymous aggregate data set."
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Verizon. (May 1, 2024). Global number of data breach incidents from November 2022 to October 2023, by industry and attack pattern [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419256/data-breaches-worldwide-industries-by-industry-and-attack-pattern/
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