Security News > 2020 > April > California tops states with highest number of data breaches and records lost
A new report compiling information from PrivacyRights.org on data breaches in the United States found that California has had the highest number of documents lost during attacks since 2005.
Using data on the total number of records lost per breach from 2005 to 2019, email marketing company Omnisend compiled a study ranking US states and companies.
"Housing some of the largest companies in the world, California saw the most data breaches by state with a total of over 5,750,000,000 data breaches. This alone made up for 56% of America's total cases from 2005 to 2019," the report said.
Throughout the 14 years tracked, New York and California frequently trade places as the states with the highest number of records lost.
Erich Kron, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4, said it was not surprising that California, with all of its high-tech organizations with high-value data, tops the list of states for data breaches.