3,200+
publicly disclosed data breaches per year in the US alone
The Identity Theft Resource Center tracked more than 3,200 publicly disclosed US data breaches in the most recent year, exposing over 350 million records.
Context
Breach counts are still rising year on year, driven by ransomware, supply-chain attacks and credential stuffing. The figures exclude private and undisclosed incidents.
Key takeaways
- Personal data leakage is now a routine business risk, not an edge case.
- Minimizing data shared with third parties shrinks your exposure surface.
Sources
Cite this statistic
NovaBlock (2026). "3,200+ — publicly disclosed data breaches per year in the US alone." Retrieved from https://novablock.app/statistics/data-breaches-per-year