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Cybersecurity reports and statistics published by Identity Theft Resource Center

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Recent Statistics & Reports

Eighty percent of the 1,040 consumers surveyed by the Identity Theft Resource Center report having received a data breach notice in the last 12 months (2025)

2/4/2026
Consumer ExperienceData Breaches

The number of data compromises in 2025 (3,322) increases by five percentage points compared to 2024 (3,152) (2025)

2/4/2026
Data BreachesYear-over-Year Change

The number of victim notices in 2025 (278,827,933) is the lowest number of victim notices since 2014 and the lowest number since the last U.S. state and territories adopted data breach laws in 2018 (2025)

2/4/2026
Data BreachesRegulation

Data breaches cause immediate anxiety for 60 percent of affected consumers and immediate frustration for 59 percent of affected consumers (2025)

2/4/2026
Mental HealthConsumer Impact

The Identity Theft Resource Center tracks 3,322 data compromises in 2025 (2025)

2/4/2026
Data BreachesIdentity TheftCybersecurity

The number of victim notices in 2025 is 278,827,933, a decrease of 79 percentage points from 2024 (1,367,117,021) (2025)

2/4/2026
Data BreachesVictim Notices

Nearly 40 percent of the 1,040 consumers surveyed received three to five separate data breach notices in the past 12 months (2025)

2/4/2026
Consumer ExperienceData Breaches

Fifty percent of affected consumers cite immediate financial fraud as their primary fear, and 54 percent of consumers report an increase in targeted phishing attempts after a breach (2025)

2/4/2026
Financial FraudPhishing

Seventy percent (2,324) of data breach notices in 2025 do not include attack information, compared to 65 percent (2,049) in 2024 and 45 percent (1,449) in 2023 (2023–2025)

2/4/2026
Data BreachesTransparency

Data compromises in 2025 represent a 79 percent jump over five years (2025)

2/4/2026
Data BreachesLongitudinal Change

Eighty-eight percent of consumers who received a data breach notice experience at least one negative consequence after a breach; 40 percent experience an increase in phishing or scam attempts; 49 percent experience an increase in spam emails or robocalls; 40 percent experience attempted takeover of an existing account (2025)

2/4/2026
Consumer HarmPhishingSpam

In 2025, Financial Services had 739 compromises; Healthcare had 534 compromises; Professional Services had 478 compromises; Manufacturing had 299 compromises; Education had 188 compromises (2025)

2/4/2026
Industry BreachesFinancial ServicesHealthcare

The Identity Theft Resource Center sets a new record with 3,322 data compromises in 2025, up four percentage points from the previous all-time high in 2023 (3,202) (2025)

2/4/2026
Data BreachesRecords

In 2025, only 38.4% of small business leaders felt 'very prepared' for a cyberattack, down from 56.5% in 2024.

12/13/2025
PreparednessSmall BusinessCyber resilience

81% of small businesses reported suffering a security breach, a data breach, or both in the past year.

12/13/2025
Data BreachSmall Business

The implementation of critical security measures among small businesses declined from 33.6% in 2024 to 27.2% in 2025.

12/13/2025
Security MeasuresSmall Business

AI-powered attacks were identified as a root cause in more than 40% of small business cyber events.

12/13/2025
AI ThreatsSmall Business

36.7% of victims among breached small businesses faced costs exceeding $500,000.

12/13/2025
Breach ConsequencesSmall Business

38.3% of small business leaders reported raising prices to address the financial impacts of a cyber incident.

12/13/2025
Breach ConsequencesSmall Business

62.5% of small businesses that suffered a breach reported a total financial impact of more than $250,000 in 2025.

12/13/2025
Breach ConsequencesSmall Business

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