Data Breaches Frequently Occur in These 10 Industry Sectors

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According to the Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), approximately 5,000 data breaches were recorded worldwide in 2021. The majority occurred in the financial sector.

Top 10 Global Industry Sectors with the Most Data Breaches (2021)

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Top 10 Global Industry Sectors with the Most Data Breaches (2021)

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Throughout 2021, 5,212 data breaches were recorded worldwide. This was revealed by Verizon, an American telecommunications company, in its research report titled *2022 Data Breach Investigations Report* (DBIR).

Verizon defines a data breach as a security incident resulting in the exposure of certain data to unauthorized parties.

According to the report, the sector most frequently experiencing data breaches in 2021 was the financial sector, with 690 cases.

"The financial sector continues to be a victim of organized crime with economic motives, often through phishing, hacking, or the use of stolen credentials, as well as malware or ransomware," Verizon explained in its report.

Next was the professional services sector, which experienced 681 data breaches throughout 2021. This was followed by the healthcare, public administration, information technology, manufacturing, and other sectors, with the number of cases detailed in the graph.

The Verizon report recorded data breaches experienced by large companies as well as small and medium-sized enterprises. The sample involved in this study comprised approximately 1,400 companies spread across the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America regions.

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