Number of U.S. data breaches 2013-2019, by industry

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Ani Petrosyan,
Nov 9, 2024
The statistic shows the number of data breaches in the United States from 2013 to 2019, by industry. In the last measured period, the majority of the 1,473 annual data breaches affected business and medical or healthcare organizations, with 644 and 525 data breaches respectively.

Number of data breaches in the United States from 2013 to 2019, by industry

CharacteristicBusinessMedical/HealthcareEducationalBanking/Credit/FinancialGovernment/Military
2013 194 271 54 35 60
2014 263 332 57 38 91
2015 312 275 58 71 63
2016 497 373 97 51 72
2017 907 384 128 134 79
2018 575 369 78 135 100
2019 644 525 113 108 83
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January 2020

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Survey time period

2013 to 2019

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