UK frequency of data breaches experienced by businesses 2024

Published by Ani Petrosyan, May 24, 2024

As of January 2024, about 21 percent of organizations in the United Kingdom reported experiencing a data breach accident once a month. A further 24 percent said they had encountered a data breach event less than once a month in the past 12 months. Meanwhile, 18 percent said they had experienced a data breach incident once a week.

Frequency of data breach incidents among businesses in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2024

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Release date

April 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

September 7, 2023 to January 19, 2024

Number of respondents

1,111 respondents

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among UK businesses that identified a breach or attack in the last 12 months

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This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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