Number of data breaches worldwide 2022-2023, by industry and attack pattern

Global number of data breach incidents from November 2022 to October 2023, by industry and attack pattern

CharacteristicAccommodationAdministrationConstructionEducationEntertainmentFinanceHealthcareInformationManufacturingManufacturing/UtilitiesOther servicesProfessionalPublic administrationReal estateRetailTransportation
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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May 2024

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Worldwide

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November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023

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excluding incidents and breaches affecting individuals that cannot be tied to an organizational attribute loss

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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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