Security News > 2020 > October > Breaches down 51%, exposed records set new record with 36 billion so far

There were 2,935 publicly reported breaches in the first three quarters of 2020, with the three months of Q3 adding an additional 8.3 billion records to what was already the "Worst year on record," Risk Based Security reveals.

Factors contributing to the decline in publicly reported breaches.

The report explores numerous factors such as how media coverage may be a factor contributing to the decline in publicly reported breaches.

"While many of these attacks are now clearly breach events, the nature of the data compromised can give some victim organizations a reprieve from reporting the incident to regulators and the public."

The Risk Based Security report covers the data breaches reported between January 1, 2020 and September 30, 2020.

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