1,473 annual data breaches affected business and medical or healthcare organizations, with 644 and 525 data breaches respectively.
The statistic shows the number of data breaches in the United States from 2013 to 2019, by industry. In the last measured period, the majority of the Number of data breaches in the United States from 2013 to 2019, by industry
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Identity Theft Resource Center, Number of data breaches in the United States from 2013 to 2019, by industry Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/273572/number-of-data-breaches-in-the-united-states-by-business/ (last visited October 01, 2023)
Number of data breaches in the United States from 2013 to 2019, by industry [Graph], Identity Theft Resource Center, January 28, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/273572/number-of-data-breaches-in-the-united-states-by-business/