This statistic gives information on the most-targeted victim regions of malicious data breaches in 2019, ranked by share of total global cyber attacks. During the data collection period, it was found that 33 percent of cyber attack incidents occurred in North America.
Geographic location of malicious data breach victims in 2019, ranked by share of attacks
Trustwave forensic investigation victims, wider industry metrics may vary
Supplementary notes
Results refer to thousands of data breach investigations in 16 countries. The source does not provide information regarding the missing percentage points to 100 percent.
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Trustwave. (April 25, 2020). Geographic location of malicious data breach victims in 2019, ranked by share of attacks [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/256653/most-targeted-victim-countries-of-cyber-attacks/
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Trustwave. (2020). Geographic location of malicious data breach victims in 2019, ranked by share of attacks. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/256653/most-targeted-victim-countries-of-cyber-attacks/
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