January 2024 Data Breaches. On monday 22 nd january, researchers found a database containing 26 billion leaked data records. Most significant cases of data breach worldwide as of january 2024 (in millions), by number of compromised data records and individuals impacted.

For august 2024, it governance usa’s analysis of the office of the maine attorney general’s data breach notifications. Dark and shadow data tends to be found in every type of environment but 25% of data breaches involve shadow data located.