Between 2008 and 2022, the most significant data breach in the financial industry worldwide was detected in 2019 in the United States at the First American Financial Corporation. This data breach caused the leakage of 885 million financial and personal records. The financial industry is one of the most targeted sectors by cyber attacks that lead to data breaches. However, cyber-attacks are not the only reason for a data breach. Sometimes data compromise occurs due to other reasons, such as system errors.
Largest data breaches in financial industry worldwide as of May 2022, by number of compromised records
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Statistics on Cyber crime and the financial industry in the United States
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global number of cyber attacks in financial sector 2013-2021
- Basic Statistic Cyber attacks: most-targeted industries 2020-2021
- Basic Statistic Data breaches worldwide 2020-2021, by target industry and organiyation size
- Basic Statistic Cyber crime: number of compromises and victims in U.S. 2005-H1 2022
- Premium Statistic Biggest risks to businesses worldwide 2018-2023
- Premium Statistic Leading risks to businesses in the U.S. 2018-2023
- Premium Statistic Popular factors driving consumers to choose a financial institution in the U.S. 2022
Data breaches
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- Basic Statistic Cyber crime: all-time biggest online data breaches 2022
- Premium Statistic All-time biggest financial data breaches worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Global number of cyber attacks with data leakage in financial industry 2018-2021
- Premium Statistic Private data violation incidents in the U.S. 2020-2021, by industry
- Basic Statistic Data compromises in the U.S. financial services sector 2019-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of data violation incidents in the U.S. 2015-H1 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of individuals affected by data compromises in the U.S. 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of data sets affected data breaches in Q3 2022, by region
Cost of a data breach
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- Premium Statistic Global cost per data breach on average in financial industry 2019-2022
- Basic Statistic Average cost per data breach in the United States 2006-2022
- Premium Statistic Average total cost per data breach worldwide 2014-2022
- Premium Statistic Global cost per stolen record in data breaches 2014-2022
- Premium Statistic Average total cost per data breach worldwide 2020-2022, by industry
- Premium Statistic Average total cost per data breach worldwide 2022, by country or region
- Basic Statistic IC3: total damage caused by reported cyber crime 2001-2021
- Basic Statistic Leading cyber crime victim loss categories 2021
Hacking and cyber attacks
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- Basic Statistic Cyber crime incidents worldwide 2020-2021, by industry and organization size
- Basic Statistic Share of cyber attacks in global industries worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Global most frequent cyber attacks in financial industry 2022, by type
- Basic Statistic Global share of financial phishing attacks 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Global financial phishing attack share 2021, by type of organization
- Basic Statistic Financial malware attack rate 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Global victims of financial desktop malware 2020-2021, by user type
- Premium Statistic Global industries most targeted by ransomware 2021, by number of complaints
Spotlight: business approaches to cyber security
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- Premium Statistic Cybersecurity-related experiences of global financial institutions 2021
- Basic Statistic Global organizations affected by outsider cyber incidents 2021
- Basic Statistic Cyber security concerns of cyber leaders worldwide 2021
- Basic Statistic Countries with most cyber-resilient enterprises 2021
- Premium Statistic Technologies used to enable secure work from home worldwide 2022
- Basic Statistic Cyber security investment priorities for companies worldwide 2022
- Basic Statistic Average share of total spending on cyber simplification worldwide 2021
- Basic Statistic Cybersecurity budget changes for companies worldwide 2022
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- Global cost per data breach on average in financial industry 2019-2022
- Average total cost per data breach worldwide 2020-2022, by industry
- Average total cost per data breach worldwide 2022, by country or region
- Average cost per data breach in the United States 2006-2022
- Average total cost per data breach worldwide 2014-2022
- Average cost per data breach in Canada 2019-2022
- Common ways for employees to cause data exposure worldwide 2022
- Global most frequent cyber attacks on financial organizations 2020-2021, by type
- Number of affected users in data breaches in selected markets 2021
- Biggest data breach fines and settlements worldwide 2020
- Cyber crime: all-time biggest online data breaches 2022
- Post data breach response costs worldwide 2017-2018
- Global number of breached data sets 2020-2022
- Number of data sets affected data breaches in Q3 2022, by region
- Number of data sets affected data breaches in the U.S. 2020-2022
- Number of data compromises in the U.S. healthcare sector 2005-2021
- Biggest healthcare data breaches in the U.S. in 2021
- Cyber crime: number of compromises and victims in U.S. 2005-H1 2022
- Number of personal data breaches in Europe 2018-2022, by country
- Global cost per stolen record in data breaches 2014-2022
- Number of breached data points in Canada Q1 2020-Q3 2022
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UpGuard. "Largest Data Breaches in Financial Industry Worldwide as of May 2022, by Number of Compromised Records." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323568/largest-data-breaches-in-financial-sector-worldwide/
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