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With organisations such as easyJet and the NHS being targeted, January 2025 witnessed a disturbing uptick in both the frequency and severity of malicious cyber activities.

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August 2023 had 73 cyber incidents with more than 79 million records breached.

This compares to 146 million in July, 14 million in June, 98 million in May, 4.3 million in April, 42 million in March and 29.5 million in February, but it still doesn’t come close to the astounding 277.6 million records breached in January 2024.

July 2024 had 87 cyber incidents with more than 146 million records breached.

This compares to 14 million in June, 98 million in May, 4.3 million in April, 42 million in March and 29.5 million in February, but it still doesn’t come close to the astounding 277.6 million records breached in January 2024.

June was another busy month for data records incidents, with more than 14 million records breached across 79 incidents. The three biggest attacks accounted for more than 13 million breached records – almost the entirety of June’s total.