2021: The biggest data leaks - over 6 billion data records leaked
The year 2021 was marked by data leaks and cybersecurity breaches, but some stood out from the crowd. Here are the top 5 in which more than 6 billion data records have been leaked. The year 2021 sets records, albeit not in a positive way. According to a study by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), the number of data protection breaches on September 30, 2021 was 17 percent higher than the total number of events in 2020. While there were a total of 1.108 breaches last year, up to the deadline of the investigation in 2021 1.291 violations counted. In particular…